Cold semi-arid
Sidney, Montana
Richland County, Montana · Population 6.2k · 1,939 ft elevation
Living in Sidney
Sidney has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sidney: about 22% 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.
Sidney at a glance
- Population
- 6.2k
- Elevation
- 1,939 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,019 hrs69th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $249k47th percentile
- Median rent
- $890/mo23th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k34th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.85%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.7%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 0.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 655 per 100k93th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 756 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5312th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 22%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 7°F | 0.5″ | 7.0″ | 186 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 11°F | 0.4″ | 5.6″ | 198 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 3.0″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 32°F | 1.2″ | 1.7″ | 247 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 43°F | 2.4″ | 0.7″ | 294 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 52°F | 2.8″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 57°F | 2.6″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 55°F | 1.3″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 46°F | 1.6″ | — | 262 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 34°F | 1.1″ | 1.5″ | 206 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 3.0″ | 167 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 11°F | 0.5″ | 7.9″ | 148 hrs |
Near Sidney
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology