Hot-summer humid continental
Mountain Grove, Missouri
Wright County, Missouri · Population 4.5k · 1,486 ft elevation
Living in Mountain Grove
Mountain Grove has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it gets light snow (10″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 60 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mountain Grove at a glance
- Population
- 4.5k
- Elevation
- 1,486 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 10″46th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,847 hrs54th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $89k3th percentile
- Median rent
- $548/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $42k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.49%8th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 209 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 877 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5714th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6161th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 3.7″ | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 26°F | 2.7″ | 2.3″ | 161 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 4.1″ | 1.8″ | 203 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 44°F | 5.0″ | — | 233 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 53°F | 5.4″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 62°F | 3.9″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 66°F | 4.5″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 65°F | 3.4″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 57°F | 4.0″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 46°F | 3.3″ | — | 225 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 35°F | 3.9″ | 0.2″ | 187 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 26°F | 2.7″ | 2.4″ | 164 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