Is Lowell safe? United States travel risk
Is Lowell safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Lowell scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Lowell scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Lowell: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than the scores of 44% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
In the Massachusetts territory, Lowell is established at 42.6389° N, 71.3217° W. It lies 634.1 km SW relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
Massachusetts
42.6389° N, 71.3217° W
36 m
America/New_York
114,799
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in United States
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (28 °C avg high); Wettest: November (117 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 3° | 8° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 27° | 23° | 17° | 10° | 5° |
| Low °C | -6° | -5° | -1° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 3° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 99 | 76 | 101 | 106 | 92 | 95 | 71 | 79 | 84 | 92 | 117 | 115 |
Normals: Boston (40.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Lowell happened in December (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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