Warm-summer humid continental
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Knox County, Ohio · Population 17k · 1,020 ft elevation
Living in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Mount Vernon at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,483 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $161k22th percentile
- Median rent
- $909/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.02%53th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 74%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 190 per 100k53th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 856 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6117th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2626th 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 | 34°F | 17°F | 3.1″ | 12.9″ | 105 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 2.5″ | 10.6″ | 126 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 26°F | 3.3″ | 6.5″ | 169 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 1.2″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 4.7″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.9″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 3.4″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 49°F | 3.2″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 38°F | 2.9″ | — | 189 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 29°F | 3.0″ | 2.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 3.2″ | 8.1″ | 98 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