Cold semi-arid
Havre, Montana
Hill County, Montana · Population 9.3k · 2,526 ft elevation
Living in Havre
Havre has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 14, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Havre: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Havre at a glance
- Population
- 9.3k
- Elevation
- 2,526 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,993 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 141th percentile
- Median home value
- $198k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $802/mo13th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.11%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 763 per 100k95th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,965 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,067 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 7°F | 0.4″ | 9.0″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 10°F | 0.4″ | 6.9″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 5.2″ | 238 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 31°F | 1.0″ | 2.7″ | 250 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 40°F | 1.9″ | 0.4″ | 295 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 49°F | 2.5″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 54°F | 1.5″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 52°F | 0.9″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 43°F | 1.1″ | 0.4″ | 261 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 31°F | 0.8″ | 2.0″ | 208 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 6.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 11°F | 0.4″ | 8.2″ | 146 hrs |
Near Havre
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology