Warm-summer humid continental
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Franklin County, Massachusetts · Population 18k · 253 ft elevation
Living in Greenfield
Greenfield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Greenfield: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Greenfield at a glance
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 253 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,541 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $252k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,097/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.83%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.374th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 464 per 100k86th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,627 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6117th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 14°F | 3.5″ | 12.8″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 13°F | 3.1″ | 12.4″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 23°F | 3.9″ | 8.8″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 1.4″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 4.0″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 54°F | 4.8″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 4.1″ | — | 310 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 4.7″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 50°F | 4.2″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 39°F | 4.7″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 29°F | 3.8″ | 1.6″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 20°F | 4.7″ | 8.7″ | 130 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