Warm-summer humid continental
Melrose, Minnesota
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 3.6k · 1,204 ft elevation
Living in Melrose
Melrose has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 0°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Melrose at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 1,204 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,758 hrs44th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $198k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,061/mo39th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.95%48th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.79th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 250 per 100k64th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 100 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3029th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 295 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20°F | 0°F | 0.7″ | 5.0″ | 183 hrs |
| Feb | 25°F | 3°F | 0.7″ | 9.0″ | 209 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 17°F | 1.4″ | 7.2″ | 221 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 31°F | 2.6″ | 5.1″ | 230 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 3.6″ | 0.2″ | 260 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 352 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 3.8″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 48°F | 2.8″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 35°F | 2.8″ | 0.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 39°F | 21°F | 1.2″ | 4.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 25°F | 8°F | 0.9″ | 8.1″ | 121 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