Warm-summer humid continental
New Town, North Dakota
Mountrail County, North Dakota · Population 2.7k · 1,913 ft elevation
Living in New Town
New Town has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (35″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
New Town at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 1,913 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 35″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,987 hrs66th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $200k34th percentile
- Median rent
- $819/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.64%20th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 74%3th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 37 per 100k10th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 147 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6564th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 558 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 6°F | 0.5″ | 7.6″ | 202 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 9°F | 0.5″ | 6.1″ | 220 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 20°F | 0.7″ | 6.1″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 31°F | 1.1″ | 2.7″ | 249 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 43°F | 2.6″ | 0.7″ | 293 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 52°F | 3.3″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 57°F | 3.0″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 56°F | 1.7″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 47°F | 1.9″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 34°F | 1.4″ | 2.0″ | 191 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 21°F | 0.7″ | 3.1″ | 152 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | 10°F | 0.6″ | 6.5″ | 148 hrs |
Near New Town
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology