Warm-summer humid continental
Pittsfield, Maine
Somerset County, Maine · Population 3.1k · 207 ft elevation
Living in Pittsfield
Pittsfield 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 (72″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Pittsfield at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 207 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 72″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,373 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $151k19th percentile
- Median rent
- $851/mo19th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.25%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.923th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3938th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 623 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 6°F | 3.4″ | 16.6″ | 138 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 7°F | 2.8″ | 17.2″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 13.4″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 32°F | 3.8″ | 3.4″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 53°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 3.2″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 56°F | 3.6″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 48°F | 3.6″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 37°F | 4.8″ | 0.3″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 28°F | 4.1″ | 4.1″ | 127 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 16°F | 4.3″ | 16.5″ | 113 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