Warm-summer humid continental
Carbondale, Colorado
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 6.6k · 6,181 ft elevation
Living in Carbondale
Carbondale has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Carbondale is an outdoor hub: about 73% 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.
Carbondale at a glance
- Population
- 6.6k
- Elevation
- 6,181 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,971 hrs65th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $796k94th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,255/mo92th percentile
- Median household income
- $94k69th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.47%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.955th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%33th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 102 per 100k32th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 644 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 46%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 73%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,151 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 11°F | 1.1″ | 13.7″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 18°F | 1.2″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 25°F | 1.2″ | 2.4″ | 247 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 31°F | 1.6″ | 0.6″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 39°F | 1.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 45°F | 1.0″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 53°F | 1.1″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 51°F | 1.3″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 43°F | 1.6″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 32°F | 1.6″ | 0.7″ | 231 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 23°F | 1.1″ | 4.4″ | 191 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 14°F | 1.2″ | 10.8″ | 169 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