Cold semi-arid
Alliance, Nebraska
Box Butte County, Nebraska · Population 8.1k · 3,983 ft elevation
Living in Alliance
Alliance has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 23 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Alliance at a glance
- Population
- 8.1k
- Elevation
- 3,983 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,105 hrs78th percentile
- Median AQI
- 233th percentile
- Median home value
- $156k21th percentile
- Median rent
- $743/mo8th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.47%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.619th percentile
- Average commute
- 9 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 211 per 100k58th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 895 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1717th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 0%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 558 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 10°F | 0.2″ | 5.3″ | 195 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 12°F | 0.3″ | 7.6″ | 184 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 6.1″ | 234 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 28°F | 1.7″ | 7.2″ | 243 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 39°F | 2.6″ | 1.6″ | 284 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 49°F | 2.9″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 56°F | 2.4″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 53°F | 1.5″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | 0.6″ | 289 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 29°F | 0.9″ | 2.9″ | 232 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 17°F | 0.2″ | 5.6″ | 198 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 9°F | 0.2″ | 8.5″ | 180 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