Warm-summer humid continental
Lewistown, Montana
Fergus County, Montana · Population 6k · 3,944 ft elevation
Living in Lewistown
Lewistown has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (112″ a season).
Skies are sunny (65% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lewistown: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Lewistown at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 3,944 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 112″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,919 hrs60th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $160k21th percentile
- Median rent
- $896/mo23th percentile
- Median household income
- $44k8th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.11%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 639 per 100k93th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,165 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 459th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,592 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 14°F | 0.6″ | 17.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 15°F | 0.5″ | 16.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 22°F | 0.9″ | 19.5″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 30°F | 1.7″ | 17.2″ | 235 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 38°F | 2.9″ | 3.1″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | 0.2″ | 321 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 51°F | 1.8″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 50°F | 1.7″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | 2.1″ | 261 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 32°F | 1.3″ | 8.8″ | 205 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 11.2″ | 162 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 14°F | 0.5″ | 16.1″ | 141 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