Warm-summer humid continental
Basalt, Colorado
Eagle County, Colorado · Population 4k · 6,637 ft elevation
Living in Basalt
Basalt has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 19, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Basalt is an outdoor hub: about 77% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,200 ft around town.
Basalt at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 6,637 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 191th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.1M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,188/mo90th percentile
- Median household income
- $106k77th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.51%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.783th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%33th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 100 per 100k31th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 599 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 55%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 77%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,249 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 12°F | 1.1″ | 13.7″ | 213 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 16°F | 0.9″ | 6.3″ | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 24°F | 1.0″ | 2.4″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 32°F | 1.8″ | 0.6″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 39°F | 1.5″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 46°F | 0.9″ | — | 324 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 52°F | 1.6″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 51°F | 1.5″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 44°F | 1.4″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 33°F | 1.3″ | 0.7″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 22°F | 1.0″ | 4.4″ | 194 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 13°F | 0.8″ | 10.8″ | 185 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