Warm-summer continental (dry winter)
Devils Lake, North Dakota
Ramsey County, North Dakota · Population 7.2k · 1,440 ft elevation
Living in Devils Lake
Devils Lake has a warm-summer continental (dry winter) climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -2°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Devils Lake at a glance
- Population
- 7.2k
- Elevation
- 1,440 ft
- Average daily high
- 50°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,951 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $171k25th percentile
- Median rent
- $678/mo4th percentile
- Median household income
- $43k7th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.07%55th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 80%8th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.024th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 191 per 100k54th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,449 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 182th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5353th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 164 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16°F | -2°F | 0.5″ | 6.9″ | 212 hrs |
| Feb | 21°F | 2°F | 0.4″ | 4.5″ | 239 hrs |
| Mar | 33°F | 15°F | 0.6″ | 5.1″ | 264 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 31°F | 1.0″ | 3.7″ | 253 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 44°F | 2.5″ | 0.7″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 55°F | 3.8″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 59°F | 3.8″ | — | 364 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 57°F | 2.4″ | — | 317 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 49°F | 2.0″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 35°F | 1.5″ | 2.1″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 35°F | 18°F | 0.8″ | 5.7″ | 145 hrs |
| Dec | 22°F | 5°F | 0.8″ | 9.3″ | 149 hrs |
Near Devils Lake
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology