Warm-summer continental (dry winter)
Minot, North Dakota
Ward County, North Dakota · Population 48k · 1,611 ft elevation
Living in Minot
Minot has a warm-summer continental (dry winter) climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ 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 at a glance
- Population
- 48k
- Elevation
- 1,611 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,975 hrs65th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $254k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $928/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $77k53th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.16%59th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Violent crime rate
- 294 per 100k71th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,193 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3736th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 5°F | 0.3″ | 9.8″ | 208 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 8°F | 0.3″ | 5.4″ | 228 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 19°F | 0.5″ | 6.1″ | 255 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 31°F | 1.0″ | 4.5″ | 252 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 2.7″ | 0.7″ | 291 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 54°F | 3.7″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 59°F | 2.5″ | — | 372 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 57°F | 2.1″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 47°F | 1.6″ | 0.1″ | 248 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 35°F | 1.1″ | 1.2″ | 189 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 9.2″ | 151 hrs |
| Dec | 27°F | 10°F | 0.3″ | 8.1″ | 150 hrs |
Near Minot
- Minot AFB, ND · 4.9k
- New Town, ND · 2.7k
- Rugby, ND · 2.6k
- Hazen, ND · 2.5k
- Beulah, ND · 3.1k
- Watford City, ND · 6k
- Mandan, ND · 24k
- Bismarck, ND · 74k
Largest places in North Dakota
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- Grand Forks, ND · 59k
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- Wahpeton, ND · 8k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology