Warm-summer humid continental
Chatfield, Minnesota
Fillmore County, Minnesota · Population 2.7k · 1,010 ft elevation
Living in Chatfield
Chatfield has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (42″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 8 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Chatfield at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 1,010 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,678 hrs36th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $216k38th percentile
- Median rent
- $645/mo2th percentile
- Median household income
- $92k67th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.40%69th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3837th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 492 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23°F | 4°F | 1.1″ | 11.0″ | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 8°F | 1.2″ | 8.2″ | 197 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 20°F | 2.0″ | 7.5″ | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 32°F | 3.8″ | 2.5″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | 0.3″ | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 6.0″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 4.2″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 47°F | 3.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 34°F | 2.7″ | 0.3″ | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 23°F | 1.9″ | 2.6″ | 144 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 11°F | 1.4″ | 9.8″ | 126 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