Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Colville, Washington
Stevens County, Washington · Population 5k · 1,608 ft elevation
Living in Colville
Colville has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Colville is an outdoor hub: about 47% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,400 ft around town.
Colville at a glance
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 1,608 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,747 hrs43th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $248k47th percentile
- Median rent
- $878/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 20 per 100k5th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 437 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 28%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 47%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,379 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 23°F | 2.2″ | 14.5″ | 107 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 24°F | 1.5″ | 5.4″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 29°F | 1.9″ | 2.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 35°F | 1.5″ | 0.2″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 43°F | 1.9″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 48°F | 2.1″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 400 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 51°F | 0.7″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 44°F | 0.7″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 34°F | 1.5″ | — | 203 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 29°F | 2.2″ | 5.6″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 23°F | 2.8″ | 15.0″ | 89 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