Warm-summer humid continental
Bemidji, Minnesota
Beltrami County, Minnesota · Population 15k · 1,365 ft elevation
Living in Bemidji
Bemidji has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -4°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 26″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (49″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 17 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Bemidji at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 1,365 ft
- Average daily high
- 50°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 26″17th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 49″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,671 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $190k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,004/mo34th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.16%59th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.764th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 727 per 100k95th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,515 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6117th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6968th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18°F | -4°F | 0.8″ | 9.1″ | 171 hrs |
| Feb | 23°F | -1°F | 0.7″ | 9.3″ | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 14°F | 1.2″ | 6.2″ | 237 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 29°F | 2.0″ | 5.6″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 42°F | 2.9″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 53°F | 4.1″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 58°F | 3.7″ | — | 339 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 56°F | 3.1″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 47°F | 2.9″ | — | 225 hrs |
| Oct | 52°F | 34°F | 2.8″ | 1.4″ | 165 hrs |
| Nov | 36°F | 19°F | 1.3″ | 5.8″ | 127 hrs |
| Dec | 23°F | 5°F | 1.0″ | 11.5″ | 120 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