Cold semi-arid
Glasgow, Montana
Valley County, Montana · Population 3.2k · 2,090 ft elevation
Living in Glasgow
Glasgow has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 19, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Glasgow: about 39% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 800 ft around town.
Glasgow at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 2,090 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,995 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 191th percentile
- Median home value
- $206k36th percentile
- Median rent
- $794/mo13th percentile
- Median household income
- $77k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.21%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 9 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 32 per 100k9th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 949 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 366th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 21%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 39%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 755 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 6°F | 0.4″ | 9.8″ | 177 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 10°F | 0.3″ | 6.2″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 22°F | 0.5″ | 5.6″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 1.0″ | 2.5″ | 251 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 2.2″ | 0.9″ | 302 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 53°F | 2.8″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 59°F | 1.9″ | — | 389 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 58°F | 1.3″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 34°F | 0.9″ | 1.5″ | 211 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 21°F | 0.5″ | 5.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 10°F | 0.4″ | 8.3″ | 142 hrs |
Near Glasgow
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology