Warm-summer humid continental
Jamestown, North Dakota
Stutsman County, North Dakota · Population 16k · 1,401 ft elevation
Living in Jamestown
Jamestown has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 1°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are sunny (65% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Jamestown at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 1,401 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,923 hrs60th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $193k32th percentile
- Median rent
- $741/mo8th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k22th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.29%65th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 133 per 100k40th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,375 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4610th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3736th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19°F | 1°F | 0.5″ | 11.4″ | 205 hrs |
| Feb | 23°F | 4°F | 0.5″ | 7.4″ | 227 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 17°F | 0.7″ | 6.5″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 30°F | 1.2″ | 2.5″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 3.4″ | 0.4″ | 279 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 3.6″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 3.6″ | — | 362 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 56°F | 2.3″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 2.2″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 34°F | 1.9″ | 1.9″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 4.2″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 24°F | 8°F | 0.6″ | 11.8″ | 146 hrs |
Near Jamestown
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology