Hot-summer humid continental
Watertown, Connecticut
Litchfield County, Connecticut · Population 4.2k · 594 ft elevation
Living in Watertown
Watertown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 53″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Watertown at a glance
- Population
- 4.2k
- Elevation
- 594 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 53″85th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,646 hrs32th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $279k53th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,115/mo44th percentile
- Median household income
- $98k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.84%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.475th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 97 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 920 per 100k
- Outdoor access
- 4343th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 17°F | 3.6″ | 11.1″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 18°F | 3.4″ | 11.8″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 4.2″ | 5.5″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 4.3″ | 0.5″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.8″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 5.1″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 5.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 41°F | 5.7″ | 0.6″ | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 32°F | 3.9″ | 0.8″ | 169 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 24°F | 4.8″ | 8.3″ | 142 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