Cold semi-arid
Buffalo, Wyoming
Johnson County, Wyoming · Population 4.5k · 4,649 ft elevation
Living in Buffalo
Buffalo has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Buffalo is an outdoor hub: about 39% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,000 ft around town.
Buffalo at a glance
- Population
- 4.5k
- Elevation
- 4,649 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $272k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,066/mo39th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.58%15th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 106 per 100k33th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 721 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 192th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 23%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 39%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,037 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 11°F | 0.4″ | 6.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 12°F | 0.5″ | 7.4″ | 180 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 20°F | 0.7″ | 6.5″ | 221 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 28°F | 1.5″ | 4.2″ | 230 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 37°F | 2.8″ | 0.9″ | 272 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 46°F | 2.2″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 53°F | 1.4″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 51°F | 0.8″ | — | 339 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 42°F | 1.3″ | 0.7″ | 277 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 30°F | 1.3″ | 3.5″ | 217 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 19°F | 0.5″ | 5.9″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 11°F | 0.4″ | 7.0″ | 159 hrs |
Near Buffalo
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology