Hot-summer humid continental
Reading, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts · Population 25k · 98 ft elevation
Living in Reading
Reading has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it is a snowy place (64″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Reading at a glance
- Population
- 25k
- Elevation
- 98 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 64″93th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $741k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,722/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $164k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.24%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.259th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 66%80th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 68%
- Violent crime rate
- 31 per 100k8th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 533 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9773th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4948th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 19°F | 3.9″ | 17.2″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 20°F | 3.6″ | 16.2″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 4.9″ | 13.3″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 4.3″ | 2.2″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 4.0″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 61°F | 3.5″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 3.9″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.8″ | 0.1″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 32°F | 4.0″ | 1.7″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 24°F | 5.0″ | 12.8″ | 144 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