Warm-summer humid continental
Byron, Minnesota
Olmsted County, Minnesota · Population 6.5k · 1,260 ft elevation
Living in Byron
Byron has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (13 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 8 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Byron at a glance
- Population
- 6.5k
- Elevation
- 1,260 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,669 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $326k62th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,079/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $122k85th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.37%68th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.072th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1212th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 3°F | 1.0″ | 8.8″ | 168 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 5°F | 1.1″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 19°F | 2.1″ | 8.8″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 31°F | 3.6″ | 1.2″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 4.3″ | 0.6″ | 253 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 5.3″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 57°F | 4.6″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 55°F | 4.8″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 3.5″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 33°F | 2.4″ | 0.1″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 22°F | 1.9″ | 2.8″ | 145 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 10°F | 1.3″ | 12.5″ | 122 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