Warm-summer humid continental
Iron River, Michigan
Iron County, Michigan · Population 3k · 1,503 ft elevation
Living in Iron River
Iron River has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 0°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 31″ a year, and it is a snowy place (67″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
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 River: about 48% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 500 ft around town.
Iron River at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 1,503 ft
- Average daily high
- 51°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 26°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 31″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 67″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,349 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $75k1th percentile
- Median rent
- $435/mo0th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.72%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 265 per 100k66th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 662 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5513th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 48%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21°F | 0°F | 1.1″ | 14.6″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 25°F | 0°F | 1.0″ | 12.5″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 9°F | 1.5″ | 8.7″ | 200 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 24°F | 2.5″ | 7.4″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 37°F | 3.2″ | 0.3″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 47°F | 4.0″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 50°F | 4.2″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Aug | 75°F | 48°F | 3.1″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | — | 221 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 30°F | 3.3″ | 2.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 20°F | 1.8″ | 8.2″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 26°F | 8°F | 1.5″ | 13.6″ | 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