Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Bayfield, Colorado
La Plata County, Colorado · Population 2.9k · 6,916 ft elevation
Living in Bayfield
Bayfield has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it is a snowy place (93″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Bayfield is an outdoor hub: about 54% 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.
Bayfield at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 6,916 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 93″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,048 hrs71th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $418k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,265/mo55th percentile
- Median household income
- $93k68th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.35%3th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 34 per 100k10th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 749 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 32%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 54%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,151 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 9°F | 1.3″ | 24.3″ | 216 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 15°F | 1.1″ | 24.9″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 22°F | 0.9″ | 6.9″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 27°F | 1.1″ | 3.9″ | 255 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 34°F | 0.7″ | 1.7″ | 289 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 42°F | 0.5″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 52°F | 1.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 50°F | 1.4″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 42°F | 2.0″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 0.8″ | 250 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 20°F | 1.1″ | 5.9″ | 211 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 12°F | 0.9″ | 25.0″ | 192 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