Warm-summer humid continental
Plainview, Minnesota
Wabasha County, Minnesota · Population 3.5k · 1,165 ft elevation
Living in Plainview
Plainview has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 35″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (19 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 8 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Plainview at a glance
- Population
- 3.5k
- Elevation
- 1,165 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 35″26th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,678 hrs36th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $231k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $774/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $70k43th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.22%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 73%2th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.984th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 57 per 100k17th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 114 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4610th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7171th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 591 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23°F | 3°F | 1.0″ | 9.9″ | 174 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 6°F | 1.1″ | 12.1″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 20°F | 2.0″ | 9.0″ | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 32°F | 3.4″ | 2.7″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 44°F | 4.4″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 55°F | 5.3″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 59°F | 4.2″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 57°F | 4.7″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 35°F | 2.5″ | 0.6″ | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 2.3″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 11°F | 1.3″ | 11.7″ | 125 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