Warm-summer humid continental
Wabasha, Minnesota
Wabasha County, Minnesota · Population 2.6k · 692 ft elevation
Living in Wabasha
Wabasha has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 8°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (37″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 8 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Wabasha at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 692 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 37″77th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,679 hrs36th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $213k37th percentile
- Median rent
- $773/mo10th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.14%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 9.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 80%8th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%79th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 153 per 100k45th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 844 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4610th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7171th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 558 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 8°F | 0.9″ | 9.9″ | 174 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 12°F | 1.0″ | 8.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 24°F | 1.9″ | 6.6″ | 230 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 36°F | 3.5″ | 1.6″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 48°F | 4.8″ | 0.2″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 58°F | 5.7″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 335 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 60°F | 5.0″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 53°F | 4.1″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 40°F | 2.6″ | 0.1″ | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 28°F | 1.9″ | 1.8″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 15°F | 1.1″ | 8.6″ | 125 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