Warm-summer humid continental
Presque Isle, Maine
Aroostook County, Maine · Population 8.7k · 459 ft elevation
Living in Presque Isle
Presque Isle has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it is a snowy place (98″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 32, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Presque Isle at a glance
- Population
- 8.7k
- Elevation
- 459 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 98″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,316 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 327th percentile
- Median home value
- $142k17th percentile
- Median rent
- $875/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.65%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 229 per 100k61th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,583 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8033th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1818th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 0%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 656 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23°F | 4°F | 2.5″ | 21.1″ | 133 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 6°F | 1.9″ | 21.7″ | 146 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 17°F | 2.4″ | 19.0″ | 197 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 30°F | 2.8″ | 6.3″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | 0.2″ | 232 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 3.7″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 55°F | 3.8″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 47°F | 3.5″ | 0.2″ | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 37°F | 4.2″ | 1.2″ | 155 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 27°F | 3.1″ | 6.1″ | 111 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 13°F | 3.2″ | 21.7″ | 100 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