Hot-summer humid continental
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Barnstable County, Massachusetts · Population 3.5k · 39 ft elevation
Living in Provincetown
Provincetown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 53″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 37 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Provincetown at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 39 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 53″85th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $787k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,331/mo59th percentile
- Median household income
- $123k86th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.192th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 241 per 100k63th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,060 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6766th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 58%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 164 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 22°F | 4.8″ | 10.1″ | 119 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 23°F | 4.2″ | 11.5″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 5.8″ | 8.5″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.7″ | 1.0″ | 234 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 3.7″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 3.8″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 3.5″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 63°F | 3.6″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 57°F | 4.3″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 46°F | 5.0″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 36°F | 4.4″ | 0.1″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 28°F | 4.9″ | 6.7″ | 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