Warm-summer humid continental
Mount Pleasant, Utah
Sanpete County, Utah · Population 3.7k · 5,935 ft elevation
Living in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets light snow (20″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Mount Pleasant is an outdoor hub: about 60% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,600 ft around town.
Mount Pleasant at a glance
- Population
- 3.7k
- Elevation
- 5,935 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 20″58th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,150 hrs81th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $269k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,049/mo38th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k41th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.54%12th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 397th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 26%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 60%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,626 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 12°F | 1.1″ | 4.1″ | 198 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 17°F | 1.1″ | 2.8″ | 190 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 24°F | 1.0″ | 2.6″ | 243 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 28°F | 1.2″ | 0.7″ | 251 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 36°F | 1.3″ | 0.1″ | 307 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 43°F | 0.7″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 51°F | 0.9″ | — | 349 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 50°F | 0.9″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 41°F | 1.0″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 31°F | 1.2″ | 0.1″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 21°F | 0.9″ | 1.4″ | 198 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 12°F | 1.2″ | 8.0″ | 174 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