Warm-summer humid continental
Minot AFB, North Dakota
Ward County, North Dakota · Population 4.9k · 1,611 ft elevation
Living in Minot AFB
Minot AFB has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°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 (45″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Minot AFB at a glance
- Population
- 4.9k
- Elevation
- 1,611 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,976 hrs66th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,413/mo63th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.315th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5555th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 722 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21°F | 3°F | 0.5″ | 9.8″ | 208 hrs |
| Feb | 25°F | 6°F | 0.5″ | 5.4″ | 228 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 18°F | 0.7″ | 6.1″ | 255 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 30°F | 1.1″ | 4.5″ | 252 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 43°F | 2.5″ | 0.7″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 3.5″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 58°F | 2.8″ | — | 372 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 56°F | 1.8″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 46°F | 1.7″ | 0.1″ | 248 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 34°F | 1.3″ | 1.2″ | 189 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 20°F | 0.7″ | 9.2″ | 151 hrs |
| Dec | 25°F | 8°F | 0.7″ | 8.1″ | 149 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