Warm-summer humid continental
Boone, North Carolina
Watauga County, North Carolina · Population 20k · 3,228 ft elevation
Living in Boone
Boone has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 59″ a year, and it gets light snow (26″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (14 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Boone is an outdoor hub: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,000 ft around town.
Boone at a glance
- Population
- 20k
- Elevation
- 3,228 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 59″94th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 26″65th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,656 hrs32th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $374k69th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,080/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $29k1th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.60%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 14.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.475th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 158 per 100k46th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 940 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7225th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,953 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 21°F | 4.4″ | 6.6″ | 168 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 23°F | 3.6″ | 6.7″ | 155 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 29°F | 4.8″ | 4.8″ | 204 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 5.5″ | 1.0″ | 235 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 5.5″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 53°F | 5.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 5.1″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 56°F | 5.6″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 50°F | 5.7″ | — | 235 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 39°F | 4.7″ | 0.3″ | 216 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 29°F | 4.4″ | 1.0″ | 197 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 24°F | 4.2″ | 5.2″ | 161 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