Warm-summer humid continental
Proctor, Minnesota
St. Louis County, Minnesota · Population 3.1k · 1,243 ft elevation
Living in Proctor
Proctor has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 31″ a year, and it is a snowy place (90″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (8 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 23 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Proctor: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Proctor at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 1,243 ft
- Average daily high
- 51°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 31″20th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 90″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,605 hrs22th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $220k39th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,040/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.09%56th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.588th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 65 per 100k20th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 880 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 886 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21°F | 3°F | 0.9″ | 16.8″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 25°F | 7°F | 1.0″ | 15.1″ | 190 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 18°F | 1.5″ | 12.8″ | 227 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 31°F | 2.5″ | 9.1″ | 228 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 42°F | 3.4″ | 0.8″ | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 51°F | 4.4″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 57°F | 3.9″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 56°F | 3.7″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 48°F | 3.5″ | 0.1″ | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 53°F | 36°F | 2.9″ | 2.7″ | 166 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 14.1″ | 133 hrs |
| Dec | 25°F | 10°F | 1.5″ | 18.7″ | 115 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