Warm-summer humid continental
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Itasca County, Minnesota · Population 11k · 1,286 ft elevation
Living in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -1°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it is a snowy place (60″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (5 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 28, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Grand Rapids at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 1,286 ft
- Average daily high
- 51°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 60″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,512 hrs13th percentile
- Median AQI
- 284th percentile
- Median home value
- $201k34th percentile
- Median rent
- $999/mo34th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.22%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 62 per 100k19th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 904 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6464th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 33%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 197 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19°F | -1°F | 1.0″ | 12.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 2°F | 0.8″ | 9.7″ | 180 hrs |
| Mar | 39°F | 16°F | 1.3″ | 7.5″ | 223 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 28°F | 2.1″ | 5.6″ | 228 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 3.2″ | 0.2″ | 250 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 51°F | 4.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 53°F | 3.4″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 45°F | 3.0″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 33°F | 2.8″ | 2.0″ | 155 hrs |
| Nov | 36°F | 20°F | 1.6″ | 9.0″ | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 23°F | 7°F | 1.2″ | 13.4″ | 103 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