Hot-summer humid continental
Rockville, Connecticut
Tolland County, Connecticut · Population 6.7k · 394 ft elevation
Living in Rockville
Rockville has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Rockville at a glance
- Population
- 6.7k
- Elevation
- 394 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,540 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $193k32th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,137/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k17th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.22%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.576th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 32 per 100k9th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,049 per 100k
- Outdoor access
- 4545th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 886 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 3.3″ | 14.2″ | 151 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 14.8″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.8″ | 9.4″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 1.1″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.3″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 4.2″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | 0.7″ | 178 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.5″ | 1.4″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 4.1″ | 10.1″ | 131 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