Warm-summer humid continental
Grant, Minnesota
Washington County, Minnesota · Population 4k · 1,001 ft elevation
Living in Grant
Grant has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 33″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Grant at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 1,001 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 33″22th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,691 hrs36th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $622k88th percentile
- Median household income
- $145k92th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.79%35th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%97th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8438th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3938th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 5°F | 0.8″ | 8.0″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 8°F | 0.9″ | 8.0″ | 202 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 20°F | 1.6″ | 10.9″ | 231 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 34°F | 3.0″ | 7.9″ | 227 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | 0.2″ | 254 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 60°F | 4.4″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 51°F | 3.3″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 38°F | 2.7″ | 3.3″ | 177 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 11.2″ | 142 hrs |
| Dec | 27°F | 12°F | 1.2″ | 10.0″ | 122 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