Warm-summer humid continental
Rutland, Vermont
Rutland County, Vermont · Population 16k · 656 ft elevation
Living in Rutland
Rutland has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 8°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Rutland: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Rutland at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 656 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,418 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $176k27th percentile
- Median rent
- $942/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k22th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.53%96th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 8.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.192th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 464 per 100k86th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,107 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,100 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 8°F | 2.7″ | 18.3″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 9°F | 2.2″ | 16.0″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 18°F | 2.7″ | 13.8″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 31°F | 3.1″ | 3.2″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 42°F | 3.6″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 54°F | 4.0″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 0.3″ | 164 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 26°F | 2.8″ | 4.7″ | 138 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 16°F | 3.0″ | 18.3″ | 103 hrs |
Near Rutland
- Middlebury, VT · 7.1k
- White River Junction, VT · 2.9k
- Springfield, VT · 3.9k
- Wilder, VT · 3.4k
- Northfield, VT · 4.2k
- Vergennes, VT · 2.6k
- Bellows Falls, VT · 2.9k
- Barre, VT · 8.5k
Largest places in Vermont
- Burlington, VT · 45k
- South Burlington, VT · 20k
- Essex Junction, VT · 11k
- Bennington, VT · 8.9k
- Winooski, VT · 8.2k
- Montpelier, VT · 8k
- Brattleboro, VT · 7.8k
- St. Albans, VT · 6.9k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology