Hot-summer humid continental
Mount Sterling, Kentucky
Montgomery County, Kentucky · Population 7.5k · 991 ft elevation
Living in Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (9″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 42 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mount Sterling at a glance
- Population
- 7.5k
- Elevation
- 991 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 9″44th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,611 hrs24th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $178k27th percentile
- Median rent
- $564/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 64%
- Violent crime rate
- 197 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,316 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 346th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4645th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 492 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 22°F | 3.5″ | 3.3″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 23°F | 3.7″ | 2.0″ | 132 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 30°F | 4.4″ | 2.2″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 40°F | 4.4″ | — | 232 hrs |
| May | 76°F | 51°F | 4.5″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 59°F | 4.8″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 63°F | 5.4″ | — | 306 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 61°F | 3.4″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 53°F | 3.6″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 42°F | 3.2″ | — | 209 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | 0.2″ | 172 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 25°F | 4.3″ | 1.1″ | 123 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