Warm-summer humid continental
Winchendon, Massachusetts
Worcester County, Massachusetts · Population 4.4k · 991 ft elevation
Living in Winchendon
Winchendon has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Winchendon: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Winchendon at a glance
- Population
- 4.4k
- Elevation
- 991 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,618 hrs25th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $258k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,217/mo52th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.19%61th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 32 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 226 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 621 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9461th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 12°F | 3.5″ | 11.3″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 12°F | 3.2″ | 15.1″ | 165 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 21°F | 4.0″ | 10.7″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 3.7″ | 2.2″ | 223 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 3.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 4.5″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 4.4″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 56°F | 4.3″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 47°F | 4.3″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 36°F | 4.9″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 27°F | 3.9″ | 0.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 19°F | 4.3″ | 10.7″ | 144 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