Warm-summer humid continental
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Caledonia County, Vermont · Population 5.9k · 617 ft elevation
Living in St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (87″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around St. Johnsbury: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
St. Johnsbury at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 617 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 87″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,240 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $172k25th percentile
- Median rent
- $887/mo23th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.17%92th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 8.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 203 per 100k56th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,906 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 304th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,673 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 9°F | 2.7″ | 19.9″ | 118 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 11°F | 2.2″ | 19.9″ | 133 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 20°F | 2.5″ | 15.8″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 32°F | 3.1″ | 4.7″ | 197 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 44°F | 3.8″ | 0.1″ | 225 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 54°F | 4.1″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 4.5″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 57°F | 3.9″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 50°F | 3.4″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 4.0″ | 0.5″ | 154 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 29°F | 3.0″ | 5.9″ | 117 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 18°F | 3.2″ | 20.4″ | 96 hrs |
Near St. Johnsbury
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- Wilder, VT · 3.4k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology