Warm-summer humid continental
Rugby, North Dakota
Pierce County, North Dakota · Population 2.6k · 1,545 ft elevation
Living in Rugby
Rugby has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -4°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Rugby at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 1,545 ft
- Average daily high
- 50°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,951 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $148k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $829/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.05%54th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Average commute
- 11 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 85%96th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 85%
- Violent crime rate
- 42 per 100k12th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 541 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 30th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3131th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 197 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16°F | -4°F | 0.5″ | 8.0″ | 211 hrs |
| Feb | 21°F | 0°F | 0.5″ | 6.4″ | 238 hrs |
| Mar | 34°F | 14°F | 0.9″ | 6.5″ | 264 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 28°F | 1.3″ | 2.9″ | 254 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 3.0″ | 0.9″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 55°F | 3.7″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 53°F | 2.1″ | — | 317 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 44°F | 1.8″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Oct | 54°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 3.3″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 35°F | 16°F | 0.9″ | 7.4″ | 144 hrs |
| Dec | 21°F | 3°F | 1.0″ | 8.0″ | 149 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