Warm-summer humid continental
Lincoln, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine · Population 2.6k · 217 ft elevation
Living in Lincoln
Lincoln has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is a snowy place (86″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Lincoln at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 217 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 86″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,375 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $120k11th percentile
- Median rent
- $640/mo2th percentile
- Median household income
- $34k2th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.50%73th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 70%1th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 20 per 100k5th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 342 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2121th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 3°F | 3.5″ | 23.3″ | 137 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 5°F | 2.4″ | 19.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 17°F | 3.5″ | 18.6″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 30°F | 3.6″ | 4.5″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 43°F | 3.7″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 52°F | 4.1″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 59°F | 3.4″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 56°F | 3.6″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 48°F | 3.4″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 37°F | 4.7″ | 0.4″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 27°F | 4.2″ | 3.6″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 15°F | 4.2″ | 16.6″ | 112 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