Warm-summer humid continental
Bigfork, Montana
Flathead County, Montana · Population 5.2k · 2,979 ft elevation
Living in Bigfork
Bigfork has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Bigfork is an outdoor hub: about 52% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,600 ft around town.
Bigfork at a glance
- Population
- 5.2k
- Elevation
- 2,979 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,669 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $614k88th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,103/mo43th percentile
- Median household income
- $83k59th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.51%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.619th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 52%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,576 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 18°F | 1.5″ | 13.8″ | 139 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 19°F | 1.2″ | 11.0″ | 173 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 26°F | 1.1″ | 6.3″ | 200 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 32°F | 1.8″ | 2.1″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 40°F | 2.2″ | 0.1″ | 259 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 51°F | 1.2″ | — | 385 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 48°F | 0.9″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 40°F | 1.3″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 31°F | 1.5″ | 0.5″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 26°F | 1.4″ | 3.4″ | 127 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 20°F | 1.5″ | 13.4″ | 118 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