Warm-summer humid continental
Ironwood, Michigan
Gogebic County, Michigan · Population 5k · 1,506 ft elevation
Living in Ironwood
Ironwood has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (186″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (7 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Ironwood is an outdoor hub: about 32% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Ironwood at a glance
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 1,506 ft
- Average daily high
- 50°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 186″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,351 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $75k1th percentile
- Median rent
- $555/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $37k3th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.83%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.360th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%79th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 142 per 100k42th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 122 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 263th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9089th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 24%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 32%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20°F | 4°F | 2.0″ | 43.1″ | 104 hrs |
| Feb | 24°F | 4°F | 1.5″ | 30.9″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 35°F | 14°F | 2.0″ | 23.9″ | 200 hrs |
| Apr | 48°F | 27°F | 3.1″ | 11.7″ | 214 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 41°F | 3.8″ | 1.9″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 51°F | 3.9″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Aug | 74°F | 54°F | 3.8″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 66°F | 46°F | 3.8″ | 0.3″ | 221 hrs |
| Oct | 52°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 6.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Nov | 37°F | 23°F | 2.9″ | 24.1″ | 97 hrs |
| Dec | 25°F | 11°F | 2.4″ | 43.6″ | 76 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