Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 18 min5:07 am – 8:25 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 4 min7:11 am – 4:14 pm
Sun todaySunrise –Sunset –
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 84°F, lows 63°FColdest month January: highs 38°F, lows 19°F50 in of rain a year, on about 84 dayswettest month December64 in of snow a year, on about 29 days12 days above 90°F, 134 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Reading station, 4 mi away
Nearby landmarksGreenleaf Mountainpeak · under a mileNortheastern University Innovation Campus at Burlingtoncollege · 1.8 miKostas Research Institute at Northeastern Universitycollege · 1.8 miNutting Lakelake · 4.1 miPeach Orchard Hillpeak · 1.4 miMishawum Lakelake · 3.2 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsOle Second Parish Burial Groundhistoric site · under a mileSimonds Parkpark · under a mileMiddlesex Fells Reservationstate park · 4.9 mi · 266 acresGovernor Thomas Dudley Parkstate park · 5.3 miBeaver Brook North Reservationstate park · 6.2 miParallel Parkstate park · 6.4 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes5 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.1 on 10 Jan 199926 mi away, near Merrimac, MassachusettsMost recent: magnitude 3.0 on 27 Jan 200034 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively HighMiddlesex County, MA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsIce storm Very HighRiver flooding Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighHurricane Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality82% of days had good air in 2025299 of 365 days measured65 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 38, worst day 105main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Middlesex County monitors, MA
Drinking waterBurlington Water Deptserves 25,864 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 20212 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation175 ft53 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalLahey Hospital and Medical Center1.3 miPost officeBurlington Post Officeunder a mileTown hallBurlington Town Hallunder a milePoliceBurlington Police Departmentunder a mileFire stationBurlington Fire Department Station 1 Headquartersunder a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi7 schools5 elementary, 1 middle, 1 highElementaryMount Hope Christian Schoolunder a mileHighBurlington High Schoolunder a mileElementaryFrancis Wyman Elementary Schoolunder a mileCollegeNortheastern University Innovation Campus at Burlington1.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportLaurence G Hanscom Field BED5.0 miMajor airportBoston Logan International Airport BOS14 miInterstateI-951.2 miUS highwayUS 31.1 miAmtrakWoburn, MA WOB3.1 miRailAnderson/WoburnMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)3.1 miCoachCambridgeFlixBus8.1 miTransit23 stops within a mileMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA)Sources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 01805 ZIP area.
