Warm-summer humid continental
Escanaba, Michigan
Delta County, Michigan · Population 12k · 594 ft elevation
Living in Escanaba
Escanaba has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 8°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (47″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Escanaba at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 594 ft
- Average daily high
- 51°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 47″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,463 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $117k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $661/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.44%71th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 310 per 100k72th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,484 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5312th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7171th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 8°F | 1.2″ | 13.7″ | 106 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 8°F | 1.0″ | 10.2″ | 133 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 18°F | 1.6″ | 6.1″ | 191 hrs |
| Apr | 47°F | 29°F | 2.3″ | 4.4″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 41°F | 3.3″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 51°F | 3.5″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 56°F | 2.9″ | — | 339 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 55°F | 3.0″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 37°F | 3.1″ | — | 162 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 27°F | 2.4″ | 2.3″ | 112 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 16°F | 1.4″ | 10.2″ | 92 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