Hot-summer humid continental
Mount Airy, Maryland
Carroll County, Maryland · Population 9.7k · 771 ft elevation
Living in Mount Airy
Mount Airy has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (31″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 42 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mount Airy at a glance
- Population
- 9.7k
- Elevation
- 771 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 31″71th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,761 hrs45th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $475k80th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,939/mo85th percentile
- Median household income
- $155k94th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.96%49th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 6.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 66%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4242th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 787 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 24°F | 3.4″ | 9.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 26°F | 3.0″ | 11.1″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 33°F | 4.0″ | 4.8″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 43°F | 3.6″ | 0.2″ | 237 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 53°F | 4.3″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 66°F | 4.5″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 64°F | 4.2″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 46°F | 4.0″ | — | 207 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 36°F | 3.5″ | 0.8″ | 184 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 5.1″ | 154 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