Cold semi-arid
Miles City, Montana
Custer County, Montana · Population 8.4k · 2,356 ft elevation
Living in Miles City
Miles City has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 90°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Miles City: about 21% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 700 ft around town.
Miles City at a glance
- Population
- 8.4k
- Elevation
- 2,356 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,027 hrs69th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $183k28th percentile
- Median rent
- $932/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k31th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.29%65th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.871th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 356 per 100k77th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,686 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 428th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 21%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 10°F | 0.3″ | 5.6″ | 180 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 13°F | 0.3″ | 5.0″ | 195 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 23°F | 0.6″ | 5.4″ | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 1.5″ | 2.2″ | 245 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 2.7″ | 0.8″ | 287 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 53°F | 2.5″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Jul | 90°F | 61°F | 1.5″ | — | 397 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 59°F | 0.9″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | 0.1″ | 269 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 35°F | 1.0″ | 1.6″ | 210 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 22°F | 0.3″ | 3.7″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 13°F | 0.2″ | 5.5″ | 152 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