Hot-summer humid continental
Goffstown, New Hampshire
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · Population 3.1k · 318 ft elevation
Living in Goffstown
Goffstown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (53″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (19 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Goffstown at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 318 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 53″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,519 hrs14th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $385k71th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,222/mo52th percentile
- Median household income
- $134k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.98%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 65 per 100k20th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 417 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4242th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,280 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 2.4″ | 15.9″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 19°F | 2.7″ | 17.6″ | 158 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 27°F | 3.5″ | 6.7″ | 200 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 37°F | 3.3″ | 0.9″ | 217 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 3.4″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 4.0″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 3.3″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 3.4″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 54°F | 3.7″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 42°F | 3.9″ | — | 176 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 3.5″ | 1.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 3.3″ | 10.6″ | 127 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