Warm-summer humid continental
Iron Mountain, Michigan
Dickinson County, Michigan · Population 7.5k · 1,129 ft elevation
Living in Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it is a snowy place (61″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 14 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Iron Mountain: about 36% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 700 ft around town.
Iron Mountain at a glance
- Population
- 7.5k
- Elevation
- 1,129 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 61″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,348 hrs6th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $118k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $656/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k25th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.68%80th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 85%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 30%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 36%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 6°F | 0.5″ | 14.7″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 7°F | 0.5″ | 11.2″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 17°F | 0.9″ | 8.9″ | 200 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 28°F | 1.6″ | 7.1″ | 213 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 2.2″ | 0.2″ | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 50°F | 3.0″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 55°F | 2.7″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 53°F | 2.4″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 45°F | 2.9″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 34°F | 2.2″ | 0.4″ | 149 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 24°F | 1.1″ | 5.5″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 13°F | 0.7″ | 13.0″ | 77 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