Warm-summer humid continental
Mandan, North Dakota
Morton County, North Dakota · Population 24k · 1,657 ft elevation
Living in Mandan
Mandan has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mandan at a glance
- Population
- 24k
- Elevation
- 1,657 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,943 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $246k47th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,044/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $76k51th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.10%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.368th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 257 per 100k65th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,002 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4242th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23°F | 3°F | 0.4″ | 8.9″ | 203 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 7°F | 0.4″ | 7.5″ | 218 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 19°F | 0.6″ | 8.5″ | 244 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 31°F | 1.3″ | 4.6″ | 243 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 2.6″ | 0.4″ | 285 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 3.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 58°F | 3.2″ | — | 370 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 56°F | 2.2″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 46°F | 1.6″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 32°F | 1.5″ | 2.5″ | 190 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 19°F | 0.6″ | 8.0″ | 153 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 9°F | 0.5″ | 10.1″ | 146 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