Hot-summer humid continental
Pleasant Hill, Missouri
Cass County, Missouri · Population 8.9k · 925 ft elevation
Living in Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it gets light snow (17″ a season).
Skies are sunny (64% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 58 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Pleasant Hill at a glance
- Population
- 8.9k
- Elevation
- 925 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 17″54th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,876 hrs56th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $245k46th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,139/mo46th percentile
- Median household income
- $95k70th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.93%47th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 90 per 100k28th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 721 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1918th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 328 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 21°F | 1.4″ | 4.3″ | 169 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 4.4″ | 173 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 35°F | 3.0″ | 1.8″ | 205 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 44°F | 4.2″ | 0.3″ | 230 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 55°F | 5.8″ | 0.1″ | 273 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 65°F | 5.3″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 69°F | 4.7″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 67°F | 4.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 59°F | 4.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 47°F | 3.4″ | 0.4″ | 222 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 35°F | 2.4″ | 1.0″ | 189 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 26°F | 1.9″ | 4.5″ | 170 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