Warm-summer humid continental
Deer Lodge, Montana
Powell County, Montana · Population 3k · 4,570 ft elevation
Living in Deer Lodge
Deer Lodge has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ 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.
Deer Lodge is an outdoor hub: about 50% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,300 ft around town.
Deer Lodge at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 4,570 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 27°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,710 hrs42th percentile
- Median AQI
- 284th percentile
- Median home value
- $196k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $781/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 75%3th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.518th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 300 per 100k71th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 566 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 101th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 30%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 50%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,346 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 12°F | 0.5″ | 11.4″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 14°F | 0.7″ | 11.3″ | 162 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 20°F | 1.3″ | 11.8″ | 206 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 27°F | 1.1″ | 9.9″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 35°F | 2.2″ | 2.0″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 41°F | 2.7″ | 0.6″ | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 45°F | 1.5″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | 0.2″ | 337 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 36°F | 1.4″ | 0.4″ | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 27°F | 1.0″ | 3.3″ | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 12.1″ | 134 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 11°F | 0.5″ | 12.1″ | 117 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