Warm-summer continental (dry winter)
Hazen, North Dakota
Mercer County, North Dakota · Population 2.5k · 1,739 ft elevation
Living in Hazen
Hazen has a warm-summer continental (dry winter) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 10 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Hazen at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 1,739 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,944 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $189k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $989/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.03%53th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Violent crime rate
- 131 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 175 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 141th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5049th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 492 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 3°F | 0.3″ | 6.3″ | 202 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 7°F | 0.5″ | 5.7″ | 218 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 19°F | 0.7″ | 4.8″ | 244 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 29°F | 1.6″ | 3.2″ | 243 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 41°F | 2.4″ | 0.8″ | 286 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 51°F | 3.3″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 56°F | 2.5″ | — | 371 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 54°F | 1.9″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 44°F | 1.5″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 32°F | 1.3″ | 2.1″ | 189 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 18°F | 0.6″ | 3.9″ | 152 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 8°F | 0.2″ | 6.6″ | 145 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