Warm-summer humid continental
Vergennes, Vermont
Addison County, Vermont · Population 2.6k · 194 ft elevation
Living in Vergennes
Vergennes has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Vergennes: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Vergennes at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 194 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,325 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $264k50th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,040/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $85k62th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.03%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 8.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Violent crime rate
- 77 per 100k24th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,008 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 274th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,428 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28°F | 10°F | 2.5″ | 13.3″ | 122 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 11°F | 2.1″ | 13.3″ | 132 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 21°F | 2.4″ | 11.9″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 33°F | 3.4″ | 2.6″ | 205 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 55°F | 4.2″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 3.5″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 50°F | 3.3″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 39°F | 4.0″ | 0.3″ | 156 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 29°F | 2.9″ | 3.8″ | 121 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 18°F | 3.0″ | 13.4″ | 95 hrs |
Near Vergennes
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology