Warm-summer humid continental
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 4.6k · 1,250 ft elevation
Living in Sauk Centre
Sauk Centre has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 0°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 29″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Sauk Centre at a glance
- Population
- 4.6k
- Elevation
- 1,250 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 29″18th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,758 hrs44th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $196k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $778/mo11th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.19%61th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 42 per 100k12th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 616 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3131th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 262 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19°F | 0°F | 0.7″ | 5.0″ | 183 hrs |
| Feb | 24°F | 3°F | 0.7″ | 9.0″ | 209 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 17°F | 1.4″ | 7.2″ | 221 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 31°F | 2.6″ | 5.1″ | 230 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 3.6″ | 0.2″ | 260 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 352 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 48°F | 2.8″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 35°F | 2.8″ | 0.4″ | 185 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 21°F | 1.2″ | 4.0″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 25°F | 8°F | 0.9″ | 8.1″ | 121 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