Hot-summer humid continental
Norton Center, Massachusetts
Bristol County, Massachusetts · Population 2.5k · 10 ft elevation
Living in Norton Center
Norton Center has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Norton Center at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,617 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $418k74th percentile
- Median household income
- $114k82th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.52%74th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.562th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 114 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 98 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6262th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 19°F | 4.4″ | 14.3″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 20°F | 3.8″ | 12.6″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 27°F | 5.3″ | 10.1″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 36°F | 4.7″ | 1.9″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 56°F | 4.3″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 3.5″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 3.8″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.1″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 41°F | 5.1″ | 0.2″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 4.5″ | 1.2″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 5.2″ | 9.2″ | 145 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