Warm-summer humid continental
Northampton, Massachusetts
Hampshire County, Massachusetts · Population 29k · 282 ft elevation
Living in Northampton
Northampton has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (37″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Northampton: about 14% 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.
Northampton at a glance
- Population
- 29k
- Elevation
- 282 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 37″77th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,540 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $398k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,404/mo63th percentile
- Median household income
- $78k54th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.38%69th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.374th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 486 per 100k87th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,221 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7023th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,673 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 13°F | 3.4″ | 8.1″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 15°F | 2.9″ | 11.0″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 24°F | 3.5″ | 7.3″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 1.0″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 3.7″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 55°F | 4.5″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 4.1″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 50°F | 4.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 38°F | 4.7″ | — | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 29°F | 3.4″ | 1.6″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 20°F | 3.9″ | 7.5″ | 130 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