Warm-summer humid continental
Northfield, Vermont
Washington County, Vermont · Population 4.2k · 735 ft elevation
Living in Northfield
Northfield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it is a snowy place (76″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 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 Northfield: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,900 ft around town.
Northfield at a glance
- Population
- 4.2k
- Elevation
- 735 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 76″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,233 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $234k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $977/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $50k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.92%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 8.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 85 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,936 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 6°F | 3.2″ | 17.9″ | 113 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 7°F | 2.6″ | 15.0″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 17°F | 3.1″ | 13.9″ | 172 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 29°F | 3.7″ | 3.3″ | 191 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 41°F | 3.9″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 50°F | 4.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 55°F | 5.0″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 53°F | 3.8″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 45°F | 3.3″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 35°F | 4.6″ | 0.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 26°F | 3.4″ | 4.1″ | 112 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 14°F | 3.7″ | 21.3″ | 85 hrs |
Near Northfield
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology