Hot-summer humid continental
Webster City, Iowa
Hamilton County, Iowa · Population 7.8k · 1,043 ft elevation
Living in Webster City
Webster City has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 19 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Webster City at a glance
- Population
- 7.8k
- Elevation
- 1,043 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,772 hrs46th percentile
- Median AQI
- 191th percentile
- Median home value
- $115k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $878/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.47%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.550th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 90 per 100k28th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,239 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 438th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 66th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 197 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 7°F | 0.9″ | 7.9″ | 163 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 11°F | 1.3″ | 9.8″ | 190 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 4.4″ | 210 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 34°F | 3.7″ | 1.0″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 5.3″ | 0.2″ | 262 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 5.8″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 4.4″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 49°F | 3.4″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 37°F | 2.6″ | 0.1″ | 201 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 24°F | 1.7″ | 1.4″ | 169 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 13°F | 1.4″ | 8.1″ | 146 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