Warm-summer humid continental
Polson, Montana
Lake County, Montana · Population 5.3k · 2,927 ft elevation
Living in Polson
Polson has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Polson is an outdoor hub: about 33% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,100 ft around town.
Polson at a glance
- Population
- 5.3k
- Elevation
- 2,927 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,462 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $321k61th percentile
- Median rent
- $921/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k17th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 1,042 per 100k98th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,484 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 33%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,134 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 22°F | 0.9″ | 8.4″ | 93 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 22°F | 0.8″ | 4.2″ | 121 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 0.9″ | 5.0″ | 169 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 34°F | 1.4″ | 0.9″ | 208 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 41°F | 2.0″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 48°F | 2.4″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 54°F | 0.8″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 53°F | 0.8″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 36°F | 1.6″ | 0.7″ | 172 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 28°F | 1.2″ | 4.7″ | 95 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 22°F | 0.9″ | 9.7″ | 79 hrs |
Near Polson
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology