Warm-summer humid continental
Waterville, Maine
Kennebec County, Maine · Population 17k · 112 ft elevation
Living in Waterville
Waterville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is a snowy place (86″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Waterville at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 112 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 86″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,538 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $174k26th percentile
- Median rent
- $957/mo30th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k12th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.54%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 7.2%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.360th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 91 per 100k28th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,617 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2222th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 591 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28°F | 9°F | 3.1″ | 19.6″ | 153 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 10°F | 2.6″ | 19.3″ | 163 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 20°F | 3.3″ | 17.0″ | 210 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 32°F | 3.7″ | 4.3″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 3.3″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 53°F | 4.0″ | — | 254 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 59°F | 3.4″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 57°F | 3.4″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 49°F | 3.8″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 38°F | 4.9″ | 0.9″ | 181 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 3.4″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 17°F | 3.9″ | 21.0″ | 127 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