Hot-summer humid continental
Magna metro, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 29k · 4,304 ft elevation
Living in Magna metro
Magna metro has a hot-summer humid continental climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets light snow (23″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 57, with about 16 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Magna metro: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,900 ft around town.
Magna metro at a glance
- Population
- 29k
- Elevation
- 4,304 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 23″62th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,128 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5795th percentile
- Median home value
- $341k64th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,623/mo73th percentile
- Median household income
- $88k64th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.71%27th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,871 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 25°F | 1.4″ | 5.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 29°F | 1.4″ | 2.9″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 37°F | 1.8″ | 2.2″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 43°F | 2.3″ | 0.4″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 53°F | 2.4″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 62°F | 1.0″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 71°F | 0.7″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 69°F | 0.7″ | — | 357 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 59°F | 1.1″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 46°F | 1.6″ | 0.1″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 34°F | 1.6″ | 3.9″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 26°F | 1.6″ | 7.9″ | 151 hrs |
Near Magna metro
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology