Warm-summer humid continental
Craig, Colorado
Moffat County, Colorado · Population 9k · 6,204 ft elevation
Living in Craig
Craig has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (113″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Craig is an outdoor hub: about 30% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,900 ft around town.
Craig at a glance
- Population
- 9k
- Elevation
- 6,204 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 26°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 113″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,990 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $253k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,060/mo39th percentile
- Median household income
- $69k43th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.46%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 271 per 100k67th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 654 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 121th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,920 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 3°F | 0.9″ | 26.3″ | 178 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 9°F | 0.9″ | 17.9″ | 173 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 20°F | 1.0″ | 12.6″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 27°F | 1.7″ | 10.0″ | 238 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 34°F | 1.6″ | 1.4″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 41°F | 1.0″ | 0.1″ | 355 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 47°F | 0.9″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 46°F | 1.0″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 37°F | 1.8″ | 0.2″ | 284 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 26°F | 1.5″ | 5.0″ | 230 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 17°F | 1.0″ | 15.7″ | 181 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 5°F | 0.9″ | 23.8″ | 156 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