Cold semi-arid
Glendive, Montana
Dawson County, Montana · Population 4.8k · 2,077 ft elevation
Living in Glendive
Glendive has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets light snow (23″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Glendive: about 15% 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.
Glendive at a glance
- Population
- 4.8k
- Elevation
- 2,077 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 23″62th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,017 hrs68th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $177k27th percentile
- Median rent
- $832/mo17th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.23%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 507 per 100k88th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 972 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6419th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 787 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 9°F | 0.4″ | 4.0″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 13°F | 0.4″ | 5.3″ | 199 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 23°F | 0.5″ | 3.1″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 1.5″ | 2.0″ | 246 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 2.6″ | 0.5″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 54°F | 2.4″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 60°F | 2.2″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 58°F | 1.5″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 36°F | 1.1″ | 1.4″ | 207 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 24°F | 0.5″ | 2.0″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 13°F | 0.4″ | 4.3″ | 150 hrs |
Near Glendive
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology