Hot-summer humid continental
Holyoke, Massachusetts
Hampden County, Massachusetts · Population 38k · 200 ft elevation
Living in Holyoke
Holyoke has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (37″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Holyoke: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Holyoke at a glance
- Population
- 38k
- Elevation
- 200 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 37″77th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,540 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $255k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,016/mo35th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.54%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.085th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 11%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 19%
- Violent crime rate
- 1,301 per 100k99th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,589 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,542 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 16°F | 2.8″ | 8.1″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 2.6″ | 11.0″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 26°F | 3.4″ | 7.3″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 36°F | 4.1″ | 1.0″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 46°F | 3.7″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 55°F | 4.4″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 61°F | 4.2″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 59°F | 3.7″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 51°F | 4.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 40°F | 4.7″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 30°F | 3.5″ | 1.6″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 22°F | 3.6″ | 7.5″ | 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