Warm-summer humid continental
Ely, Minnesota
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 3.2k · 1,430 ft elevation
Living in Ely
Ely has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -7°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 31″ a year, and it is a snowy place (65″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 23 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Ely: about 62% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 500 ft around town.
Ely at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 1,430 ft
- Average daily high
- 50°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 26°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 31″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 65″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $151k19th percentile
- Median rent
- $627/mo2th percentile
- Median household income
- $46k10th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.82%38th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.268th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 187 per 100k53th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 968 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 60%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 62%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15°F | -7°F | 1.1″ | 13.8″ | 111 hrs |
| Feb | 23°F | -5°F | 0.8″ | 9.3″ | 160 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 10°F | 1.3″ | 8.4″ | 221 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 25°F | 2.3″ | 7.7″ | 236 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 38°F | 3.0″ | 0.3″ | 255 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 53°F | 4.5″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 52°F | 3.4″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 44°F | 4.8″ | — | 208 hrs |
| Oct | 51°F | 32°F | 2.9″ | 2.1″ | 140 hrs |
| Nov | 34°F | 18°F | 1.7″ | 9.8″ | 92 hrs |
| Dec | 21°F | 3°F | 1.3″ | 13.2″ | 95 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