Warm-summer humid continental
Millinocket, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine · Population 4.1k · 377 ft elevation
Living in Millinocket
Millinocket has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it is a snowy place (86″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Millinocket at a glance
- Population
- 4.1k
- Elevation
- 377 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 86″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,375 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $87k3th percentile
- Median rent
- $555/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $43k7th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.56%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6564th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 5°F | 3.1″ | 23.3″ | 136 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 6°F | 2.7″ | 19.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 16°F | 3.1″ | 18.6″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 30°F | 3.7″ | 4.5″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 41°F | 3.7″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 51°F | 4.2″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 57°F | 4.4″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 55°F | 4.1″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 47°F | 3.9″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 37°F | 4.7″ | 0.4″ | 165 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 27°F | 3.9″ | 3.6″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 15°F | 3.7″ | 16.6″ | 111 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