Cold semi-arid
Alamosa, Colorado
Alamosa County, Colorado · Population 9.8k · 7,556 ft elevation
Living in Alamosa
Alamosa has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 0°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 7″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (76% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 25 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Alamosa is an outdoor hub: about 36% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Alamosa at a glance
- Population
- 9.8k
- Elevation
- 7,556 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 25°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 7″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,358 hrs88th percentile
- Median AQI
- 253th percentile
- Median home value
- $200k34th percentile
- Median rent
- $881/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k11th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.972th percentile
- Average commute
- 13 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 785 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,585 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 407th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 36%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,559 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 0°F | 0.4″ | 6.9″ | 239 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 7°F | 0.3″ | 4.2″ | 237 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 4.3″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 25°F | 0.5″ | 4.5″ | 281 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 34°F | 0.7″ | 0.8″ | 324 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 42°F | 0.3″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 48°F | 1.2″ | — | 321 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 45°F | 1.4″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 37°F | 0.9″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 25°F | 0.6″ | 2.0″ | 275 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 13°F | 0.4″ | 3.1″ | 236 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 2°F | 0.2″ | 4.2″ | 226 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