Warm-summer humid continental
Keene, New Hampshire
Cheshire County, New Hampshire · Population 23k · 492 ft elevation
Living in Keene
Keene has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it is a snowy place (60″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (9 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Keene at a glance
- Population
- 23k
- Elevation
- 492 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 60″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,431 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $233k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,275/mo56th percentile
- Median household income
- $78k54th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.83%98th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.550th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 143 per 100k43th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,114 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6464th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 11°F | 3.1″ | 15.2″ | 138 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 12°F | 2.8″ | 14.4″ | 153 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 20°F | 3.4″ | 11.0″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 30°F | 3.4″ | 2.2″ | 210 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 41°F | 3.8″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 51°F | 4.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 56°F | 4.5″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 47°F | 4.3″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 36°F | 4.9″ | 0.2″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 27°F | 3.5″ | 2.4″ | 139 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 18°F | 3.9″ | 14.4″ | 110 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