Warm-summer humid continental
Gardner, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 21k · 1,066 ft elevation
Living in Gardner
Gardner has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Gardner: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Gardner at a glance
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 1,066 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $271k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,071/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k34th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.36%68th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.374th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 365 per 100k78th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 758 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 18%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,017 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 14°F | 3.5″ | 16.9″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 15°F | 3.3″ | 18.9″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 23°F | 4.4″ | 16.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 34°F | 4.2″ | 4.0″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 4.0″ | 0.1″ | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 51°F | 4.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 39°F | 5.1″ | 0.3″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 31°F | 3.8″ | 3.0″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 20°F | 4.7″ | 15.6″ | 144 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