Warm-summer humid continental
Osage, Iowa
Mitchell County, Iowa · Population 3.6k · 1,184 ft elevation
Living in Osage
Osage has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (40″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 19 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Osage at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 1,184 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,694 hrs38th percentile
- Median AQI
- 191th percentile
- Median home value
- $142k16th percentile
- Median rent
- $735/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.33%67th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%81th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 198 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 226 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 387th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 33th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 0%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 295 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23°F | 6°F | 1.2″ | 9.9″ | 162 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 10°F | 1.3″ | 9.2″ | 189 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 23°F | 1.9″ | 6.2″ | 206 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 2.2″ | 217 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 5.2″ | 0.4″ | 259 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 5.6″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 62°F | 5.0″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 59°F | 4.0″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 50°F | 3.5″ | — | 250 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 38°F | 2.7″ | 0.2″ | 187 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 1.9″ | 156 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 14°F | 1.5″ | 9.6″ | 133 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