Hot-summer humid continental
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 41k · 417 ft elevation
Living in Marlborough
Marlborough has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ 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 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Marlborough at a glance
- Population
- 41k
- Elevation
- 417 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $485k80th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,721/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $95k70th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.18%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%39th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 33%
- Violent crime rate
- 488 per 100k87th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 920 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7574th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 14°F | 3.6″ | 13.8″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 15°F | 3.3″ | 8.9″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 23°F | 4.6″ | 8.2″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 33°F | 4.4″ | 2.2″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 45°F | 3.7″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 60°F | 4.0″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 57°F | 4.4″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 49°F | 3.9″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 37°F | 5.1″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 28°F | 3.8″ | 1.1″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 20°F | 4.8″ | 11.5″ | 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