Warm-summer humid continental
Dickinson, North Dakota
Stark County, North Dakota · Population 25k · 2,405 ft elevation
Living in Dickinson
Dickinson has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (35″ a season).
Skies are sunny (65% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 8 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Dickinson at a glance
- Population
- 25k
- Elevation
- 2,405 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 35″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,924 hrs60th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $252k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $963/mo30th percentile
- Median household income
- $77k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.98%50th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 183 per 100k52th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,547 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 376th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6059th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 656 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 3°F | 0.4″ | 5.5″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 7°F | 0.5″ | 5.8″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 17°F | 0.7″ | 6.4″ | 231 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 28°F | 1.6″ | 3.4″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 2.6″ | 0.9″ | 286 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 50°F | 3.2″ | 0.1″ | 319 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 55°F | 2.7″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 53°F | 1.9″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 43°F | 1.7″ | 0.1″ | 255 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 29°F | 1.3″ | 2.6″ | 195 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 18°F | 0.6″ | 3.7″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 7°F | 0.4″ | 6.6″ | 136 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