Warm-summer humid continental
Bad Axe, Michigan
Huron County, Michigan · Population 3k · 755 ft elevation
Living in Bad Axe
Bad Axe has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 33″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Bad Axe at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 755 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 33″22th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,411 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $107k7th percentile
- Median rent
- $731/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $48k12th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.62%78th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 74%3th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.955th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 136 per 100k40th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 881 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2827th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 230 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28°F | 16°F | 2.0″ | 14.4″ | 99 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 16°F | 1.9″ | 9.3″ | 114 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 23°F | 1.8″ | 5.0″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 33°F | 3.2″ | 1.6″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 45°F | 3.3″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 55°F | 3.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 59°F | 3.7″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 3.4″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 3.2″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 2.9″ | 0.1″ | 162 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 31°F | 2.4″ | 3.1″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 23°F | 2.1″ | 9.0″ | 84 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