Warm-summer humid continental
Gardiner, Maine
Kennebec County, Maine · Population 6k · 23 ft elevation
Living in Gardiner
Gardiner has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (69″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Gardiner at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 23 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 69″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,538 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $198k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $927/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.32%66th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.923th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 129 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,176 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3333th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 10°F | 3.6″ | 17.6″ | 154 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 11°F | 3.0″ | 20.0″ | 163 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 21°F | 3.7″ | 12.7″ | 210 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 33°F | 4.2″ | 2.8″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 3.7″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 4.4″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 3.4″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 58°F | 3.6″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 50°F | 3.9″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 39°F | 5.4″ | 0.2″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 29°F | 4.5″ | 2.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 18°F | 4.4″ | 13.3″ | 128 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology