Warm-summer humid continental
Dowagiac, Michigan
Cass County, Michigan · Population 5.7k · 768 ft elevation
Living in Dowagiac
Dowagiac has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it is a snowy place (87″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Dowagiac at a glance
- Population
- 5.7k
- Elevation
- 768 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 87″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,369 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $110k8th percentile
- Median rent
- $722/mo6th percentile
- Median household income
- $38k4th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.24%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.58th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 559 per 100k90th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,741 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4810th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 109th 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 | 31°F | 16°F | 3.1″ | 30.5″ | 73 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 18°F | 2.4″ | 17.0″ | 95 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 25°F | 2.4″ | 8.1″ | 181 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 35°F | 3.7″ | 1.4″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 4.3″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 58°F | 4.1″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 3.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 4.3″ | 0.4″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 2.9″ | 6.6″ | 115 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 22.6″ | 74 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