Warm-summer humid continental
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 44k · 997 ft elevation
Living in Pittsfield
Pittsfield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is a snowy place (77″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 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 Pittsfield: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Pittsfield at a glance
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 997 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 77″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,458 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $234k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,094/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $68k42th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.64%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.173th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%
- Violent crime rate
- 575 per 100k91th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 957 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8438th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 15°F | 2.7″ | 19.3″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 16°F | 2.5″ | 18.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 24°F | 3.1″ | 13.8″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 34°F | 3.4″ | 4.0″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 3.8″ | 0.1″ | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 4.6″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 50°F | 4.5″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 4.6″ | 0.4″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 30°F | 3.5″ | 4.6″ | 145 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 22°F | 3.6″ | 16.7″ | 109 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