Warm-summer humid continental
Mason City, Iowa
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa · Population 27k · 1,142 ft elevation
Living in Mason City
Mason City has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 36″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 19 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mason City at a glance
- Population
- 27k
- Elevation
- 1,142 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 36″28th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,749 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 191th percentile
- Median home value
- $130k14th percentile
- Median rent
- $874/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.66%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.487th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 354 per 100k77th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,579 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7023th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 77th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 230 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 7°F | 0.9″ | 11.3″ | 168 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 11°F | 1.1″ | 10.0″ | 192 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 23°F | 1.9″ | 7.0″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 35°F | 3.9″ | 3.0″ | 222 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 5.6″ | 0.3″ | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 5.7″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 61°F | 4.6″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 3.7″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 50°F | 3.2″ | — | 253 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 38°F | 2.5″ | 0.4″ | 194 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 3.0″ | 161 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 14°F | 1.3″ | 9.4″ | 139 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