Hot-summer humid continental
Potosi, Missouri
Washington County, Missouri · Population 2.5k · 909 ft elevation
Living in Potosi
Potosi has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets light snow (12″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 58 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Potosi: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 700 ft around town.
Potosi at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 909 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 12″48th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,819 hrs51th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $101k6th percentile
- Median rent
- $719/mo6th percentile
- Median household income
- $37k3th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.53%11th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 628 per 100k92th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,532 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 3.6″ | 160 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 26°F | 2.7″ | 2.9″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 4.1″ | 1.9″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 67°F | 45°F | 5.1″ | — | 240 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 55°F | 5.3″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 67°F | 3.6″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 66°F | 4.0″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 47°F | 3.1″ | — | 225 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 36°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 182 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 27°F | 3.0″ | 2.4″ | 151 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