Hot-summer humid continental
Leominster, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 44k · 407 ft elevation
Living in Leominster
Leominster has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Leominster: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Leominster at a glance
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 407 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $345k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,282/mo56th percentile
- Median household income
- $82k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.47%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%51th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Violent crime rate
- 493 per 100k88th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,154 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 15°F | 2.6″ | 16.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 17°F | 2.8″ | 18.9″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 25°F | 3.8″ | 16.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 35°F | 3.8″ | 4.0″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | 0.1″ | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 3.5″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.4″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 4.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 39°F | 4.5″ | 0.3″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 30°F | 3.6″ | 3.0″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 22°F | 3.7″ | 15.6″ | 144 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