Hot-summer humid continental
Douglas, Wyoming
Converse County, Wyoming · Population 6.4k · 4,836 ft elevation
Living in Douglas
Douglas has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Douglas: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Douglas at a glance
- Population
- 6.4k
- Elevation
- 4,836 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,020 hrs69th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $252k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $830/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $80k56th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 124 per 100k37th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 542 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 315th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,592 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 13°F | 0.6″ | 7.6″ | 177 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 13°F | 0.7″ | 10.8″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 23°F | 1.1″ | 10.8″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 30°F | 1.9″ | 7.7″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 39°F | 2.7″ | 1.6″ | 285 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 49°F | 1.7″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 55°F | 1.3″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 53°F | 1.0″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 43°F | 1.2″ | 1.5″ | 287 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 31°F | 1.4″ | 4.0″ | 224 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 5.8″ | 185 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 13°F | 0.5″ | 9.2″ | 158 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