Cold semi-arid
Berkley, Colorado
Adams County, Colorado · Population 11k · 5,226 ft elevation
Living in Berkley
Berkley has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 49, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Berkley: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,000 ft around town.
Berkley at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 5,226 ft
- Average daily high
- 68°F58th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,148 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4982th percentile
- Median home value
- $454k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,709/mo76th percentile
- Median household income
- $76k51th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.280th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 16%6th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,035 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 21°F | 0.4″ | 5.5″ | 201 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 22°F | 0.6″ | 8.4″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 30°F | 1.1″ | 9.2″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 36°F | 2.0″ | 5.0″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 46°F | 2.6″ | 0.9″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 56°F | 1.7″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 62°F | 1.9″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 60°F | 1.8″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Sep | 82°F | 51°F | 1.2″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 38°F | 1.2″ | 2.5″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 28°F | 0.8″ | 4.4″ | 210 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 21°F | 0.5″ | 4.8″ | 190 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