Warm-summer humid continental
Lynnfield, Massachusetts
Essex County, Massachusetts · Population 13k · 102 ft elevation
Living in Lynnfield
Lynnfield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Lynnfield at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 102 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $904k96th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,333/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $172k96th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.10%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%93th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%
- Violent crime rate
- 68 per 100k21th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 551 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4847th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 16°F | 3.5″ | 13.4″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 17°F | 3.3″ | 13.2″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 25°F | 4.5″ | 9.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 35°F | 4.3″ | 1.8″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 3.7″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 61°F | 3.8″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 3.3″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 52°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 41°F | 4.8″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 4.0″ | 1.1″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 23°F | 4.8″ | 8.9″ | 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