Hot-summer humid continental
Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Henry County, Iowa · Population 9.1k · 725 ft elevation
Living in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it gets light snow (25″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 36 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mount Pleasant at a glance
- Population
- 9.1k
- Elevation
- 725 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 25″64th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,739 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $146k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $773/mo10th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.74%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%81th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 108 per 100k33th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 408 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 315th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 55th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 230 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 13°F | 1.4″ | 7.2″ | 148 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 17°F | 1.7″ | 7.1″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 27°F | 2.3″ | 2.8″ | 206 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 1.1″ | 225 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 5.0″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 5.1″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 52°F | 4.1″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 41°F | 2.9″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 29°F | 2.0″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 18°F | 1.7″ | 6.1″ | 136 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