Warm-summer humid continental
Orono, Maine
Penobscot County, Maine · Population 11k · 125 ft elevation
Living in Orono
Orono has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Orono at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 125 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,374 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $219k39th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,150/mo46th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.97%88th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.720th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 16 per 100k4th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 80 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4545th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 6°F | 3.7″ | 18.6″ | 138 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 8°F | 3.0″ | 17.5″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 39°F | 19°F | 3.8″ | 15.2″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 30°F | 3.7″ | 3.7″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 50°F | 4.2″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 56°F | 3.5″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 53°F | 3.1″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 46°F | 3.7″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 36°F | 4.3″ | 0.6″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 27°F | 4.0″ | 4.3″ | 127 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 16°F | 4.2″ | 14.7″ | 112 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