Hot-summer humid continental
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Isabella County, Michigan · Population 21k · 774 ft elevation
Living in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 35″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (55% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mount Pleasant at a glance
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 774 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 35″26th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,516 hrs14th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $169k24th percentile
- Median rent
- $870/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.90%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 420 per 100k83th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,199 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6620th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2019th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 16°F | 2.1″ | 10.7″ | 111 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 17°F | 1.7″ | 9.9″ | 136 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 24°F | 1.9″ | 5.4″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 34°F | 3.6″ | 2.1″ | 221 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 3.7″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 3.9″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 61°F | 3.2″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.8″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 2.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | 0.3″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 31°F | 2.8″ | 2.7″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 23°F | 2.4″ | 8.2″ | 92 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