Warm-summer humid continental
Four Corners, Montana
Gallatin County, Montana · Population 5.6k · 4,836 ft elevation
Living in Four Corners
Four Corners has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it is a snowy place (91″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 11 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Four Corners is an outdoor hub: about 30% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,300 ft around town.
Four Corners at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 4,836 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 91″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,714 hrs42th percentile
- Median AQI
- 111th percentile
- Median home value
- $620k88th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,192/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $111k81th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.60%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.619th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8134th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,331 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 15°F | 0.5″ | 12.7″ | 158 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 13.0″ | 176 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 24°F | 1.0″ | 13.1″ | 208 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 31°F | 1.9″ | 12.9″ | 210 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 39°F | 2.7″ | 3.6″ | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 45°F | 2.8″ | 0.8″ | 299 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 51°F | 1.2″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 49°F | 1.1″ | 0.1″ | 331 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 42°F | 1.3″ | 0.4″ | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 33°F | 1.4″ | 6.0″ | 188 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 22°F | 0.8″ | 12.5″ | 144 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 14°F | 0.6″ | 16.2″ | 129 hrs |
Near Four Corners
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology