Warm-summer humid continental
Morrisville, Vermont
Lamoille County, Vermont · Population 2.5k · 682 ft elevation
Living in Morrisville
Morrisville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (139″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (7 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Morrisville: about 7% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Morrisville at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 682 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 139″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,234 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $259k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,242/mo54th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.62%78th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 8.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.368th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 182th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 5°F | 2.2″ | 30.1″ | 112 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 6°F | 1.5″ | 31.0″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 39°F | 17°F | 1.9″ | 25.6″ | 172 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 29°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 192 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | 0.6″ | 232 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 50°F | 3.8″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 55°F | 4.2″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 53°F | 3.5″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 46°F | 3.1″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 35°F | 3.6″ | 1.9″ | 150 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 25°F | 2.8″ | 11.2″ | 111 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 14°F | 2.5″ | 31.2″ | 85 hrs |
Near Morrisville
- Montpelier, VT · 8k
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- Essex Junction, VT · 11k
- Milton, VT · 3.5k
- Northfield, VT · 4.2k
- Winooski, VT · 8.2k
- St. Johnsbury, VT · 5.9k
- St. Albans, VT · 6.9k
Largest places in Vermont
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- South Burlington, VT · 20k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology