Hot-summer humid continental
Mentor, Ohio
Lake County, Ohio · Population 47k · 630 ft elevation
Living in Mentor
Mentor has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (114″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mentor at a glance
- Population
- 47k
- Elevation
- 630 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 114″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,307 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $230k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,192/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $89k65th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.47%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.582th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 69%
- Violent crime rate
- 119 per 100k36th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,025 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2727th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 656 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 24°F | 3.1″ | 34.4″ | 84 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 24°F | 2.1″ | 23.4″ | 113 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 30°F | 2.8″ | 16.5″ | 157 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 40°F | 3.5″ | 4.0″ | 202 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 51°F | 3.4″ | — | 255 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 61°F | 3.6″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 67°F | 4.1″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 66°F | 3.4″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 59°F | 3.9″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | 0.6″ | 165 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 39°F | 3.2″ | 9.3″ | 125 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 30°F | 3.1″ | 25.5″ | 73 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