Cold semi-arid
Butte-Silver Bow, Montana
Silver Bow County, Montana · Population 35k · 5,797 ft elevation
Living in Butte-Silver Bow
Butte-Silver Bow has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets light snow (15″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 28 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Butte-Silver Bow is an outdoor hub: about 62% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Butte-Silver Bow at a glance
- Population
- 35k
- Elevation
- 5,797 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 25°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 15″52th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,708 hrs41th percentile
- Median AQI
- 284th percentile
- Median home value
- $225k41th percentile
- Median rent
- $808/mo14th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.05%54th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.387th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 387th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 51%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 62%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,675 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 7°F | 0.4″ | 2.4″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 9°F | 0.4″ | 2.0″ | 163 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 18°F | 0.6″ | 2.6″ | 206 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 25°F | 1.3″ | 0.8″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 33°F | 2.0″ | 0.1″ | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 40°F | 2.5″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 45°F | 1.2″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 36°F | 1.1″ | 0.1″ | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 26°F | 0.8″ | 0.9″ | 193 hrs |
| Nov | 39°F | 15°F | 0.6″ | 1.7″ | 135 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 6°F | 0.5″ | 4.6″ | 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