Warm-summer humid continental
St. Helen, Michigan
Roscommon County, Michigan · Population 2.8k · 1,191 ft elevation
Living in St. Helen
St. Helen has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 30″ a year, and it is a snowy place (66″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (7 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around St. Helen: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 500 ft around town.
St. Helen at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 1,191 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 30″19th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 66″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,405 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $85k3th percentile
- Median rent
- $728/mo6th percentile
- Median household income
- $42k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.20%61th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5714th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 11°F | 1.7″ | 16.4″ | 97 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 11°F | 1.4″ | 13.6″ | 131 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 19°F | 1.8″ | 8.3″ | 195 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 31°F | 3.1″ | 4.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 42°F | 3.1″ | 0.1″ | 264 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 51°F | 3.2″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 55°F | 2.7″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 53°F | 2.9″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 2.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 37°F | 3.1″ | 0.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 28°F | 2.2″ | 7.5″ | 108 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 19°F | 1.8″ | 15.1″ | 80 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