Warm-summer humid continental
Spencer, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 5.5k · 866 ft elevation
Living in Spencer
Spencer has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (73″ 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 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Spencer at a glance
- Population
- 5.5k
- Elevation
- 866 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 73″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,617 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $298k57th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,052/mo38th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.21%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.676th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 74 per 100k23th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 215 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7877th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 853 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 18°F | 3.5″ | 18.2″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 19°F | 3.3″ | 21.2″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 26°F | 4.2″ | 13.7″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 37°F | 4.1″ | 1.9″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 62°F | 3.9″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 61°F | 4.1″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 43°F | 4.8″ | 1.1″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 33°F | 4.0″ | 1.9″ | 165 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 24°F | 4.3″ | 14.9″ | 145 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