Warm-summer humid continental
Missoula, Montana
Missoula County, Montana · Population 76k · 3,156 ft elevation
Living in Missoula
Missoula has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (57% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Missoula is an outdoor hub: about 54% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Missoula at a glance
- Population
- 76k
- Elevation
- 3,156 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,624 hrs28th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $427k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,120/mo44th percentile
- Median household income
- $65k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.96%49th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.197th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 58%
- Violent crime rate
- 591 per 100k91th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,862 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 38%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 54%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,707 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 18°F | 1.0″ | 9.9″ | 133 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 21°F | 0.9″ | 8.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 0.9″ | 5.0″ | 190 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 1.4″ | 1.3″ | 211 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 1.8″ | 0.3″ | 248 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 46°F | 2.1″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 50°F | 0.8″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 43°F | 1.0″ | 0.1″ | 252 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 33°F | 1.2″ | 0.9″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 25°F | 1.2″ | 5.4″ | 122 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 18°F | 1.1″ | 11.6″ | 113 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