Hot-summer humid continental
Granite Falls, Minnesota
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota · Population 2.6k · 922 ft elevation
Living in Granite Falls
Granite Falls has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Granite Falls at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 922 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,756 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $140k16th percentile
- Median rent
- $818/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.44%71th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 225 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 304th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 55th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 131 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 3°F | 0.8″ | 9.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 7°F | 0.8″ | 11.7″ | 210 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 20°F | 1.5″ | 7.9″ | 222 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 2.4″ | 3.9″ | 229 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 45°F | 3.5″ | 0.1″ | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 55°F | 4.6″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 60°F | 3.3″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 58°F | 3.8″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 48°F | 3.2″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 35°F | 2.4″ | 0.8″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 22°F | 1.4″ | 6.6″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 10°F | 1.1″ | 11.1″ | 123 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