Warm-summer humid continental
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts · Population 30k · 49 ft elevation
Living in Gloucester
Gloucester has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Gloucester at a glance
- Population
- 30k
- Elevation
- 49 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,661 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $588k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,395/mo62th percentile
- Median household income
- $88k64th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.04%54th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 226 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 543 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4141th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 197 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 18°F | 3.7″ | 16.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 18°F | 3.6″ | 16.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 4.6″ | 7.6″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 34°F | 4.2″ | 1.4″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 3.5″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 4.0″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 60°F | 3.4″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 59°F | 3.4″ | — | 310 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 5.0″ | 0.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 4.0″ | 0.9″ | 156 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 24°F | 4.8″ | 8.8″ | 129 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