Warm-summer humid continental
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Kent County, Michigan · Population 198k · 673 ft elevation
Living in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 52, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Grand Rapids at a glance
- Population
- 198k
- Elevation
- 673 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,431 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5286th percentile
- Median home value
- $226k41th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,191/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.06%55th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.487th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 894 per 100k97th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,334 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2323th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 295 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 17°F | 2.7″ | 21.7″ | 92 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 18°F | 2.1″ | 22.3″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 25°F | 2.6″ | 5.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 2.6″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 4.4″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.0″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 3.3″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 3.0″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 3.5″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | — | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 3.3″ | 6.0″ | 119 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 23°F | 2.8″ | 17.0″ | 79 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