Warm-summer humid continental
Paw Paw, Michigan
Van Buren County, Michigan · Population 3.3k · 732 ft elevation
Living in Paw Paw
Paw Paw has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (109″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Paw Paw at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 732 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 109″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,434 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $134k14th percentile
- Median rent
- $775/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $39k4th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.07%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 409 per 100k82th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,066 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2928th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 394 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 17°F | 3.2″ | 35.9″ | 92 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 18°F | 2.3″ | 22.9″ | 114 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 25°F | 2.5″ | 7.9″ | 185 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 35°F | 3.6″ | 1.7″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 4.1″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 3.6″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 3.9″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.4″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 4.4″ | 0.5″ | 172 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 31°F | 3.2″ | 7.3″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 32.8″ | 81 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