Hot-summer humid continental
Scituate, Massachusetts
Plymouth County, Massachusetts · Population 5.6k · 43 ft elevation
Living in Scituate
Scituate has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 33 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Scituate at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 43 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,660 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $699k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $811/mo14th percentile
- Median household income
- $126k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.09%56th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 41 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 51 per 100k15th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 81 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4444th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 230 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 22°F | 4.5″ | 14.8″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 4.0″ | 14.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 29°F | 5.4″ | 10.3″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 38°F | 4.6″ | 1.7″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 263 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 57°F | 4.0″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 3.6″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 3.8″ | — | 310 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 55°F | 3.9″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 44°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 196 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 35°F | 4.4″ | 0.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 5.1″ | 8.8″ | 130 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