Warm-summer humid continental
Watford City, North Dakota
McKenzie County, North Dakota · Population 6k · 2,123 ft elevation
Living in Watford City
Watford City has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Watford City: about 23% 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.
Watford City at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 2,123 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,986 hrs66th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $385k71th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,210/mo51th percentile
- Median household income
- $88k64th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 387 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,951 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 253th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 689 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 5°F | 0.5″ | 9.5″ | 203 hrs |
| Feb | 26°F | 8°F | 0.4″ | 8.2″ | 220 hrs |
| Mar | 39°F | 19°F | 0.6″ | 7.3″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 31°F | 1.0″ | 4.2″ | 249 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 42°F | 2.4″ | 1.4″ | 293 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 53°F | 3.4″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 58°F | 2.6″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 56°F | 1.4″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 45°F | 1.2″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 33°F | 1.0″ | 2.9″ | 191 hrs |
| Nov | 38°F | 20°F | 0.6″ | 6.8″ | 153 hrs |
| Dec | 26°F | 10°F | 0.6″ | 10.1″ | 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