Hot-summer humid continental
Muscatine, Iowa
Muscatine County, Iowa · Population 24k · 584 ft elevation
Living in Muscatine
Muscatine has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 37 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Muscatine at a glance
- Population
- 24k
- Elevation
- 584 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,740 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $147k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $979/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.72%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.789th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 59%71th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%
- Violent crime rate
- 185 per 100k52th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 936 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5815th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2222th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 262 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 13°F | 1.5″ | 7.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 17°F | 1.8″ | 5.8″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 28°F | 2.5″ | 2.8″ | 206 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 3.8″ | 0.7″ | 225 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 5.1″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 61°F | 5.5″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.3″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 4.3″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 54°F | 3.9″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 3.0″ | 0.2″ | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 30°F | 2.3″ | 0.8″ | 169 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 19°F | 2.0″ | 6.2″ | 135 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