Hot-summer Mediterranean
Draper, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 50k · 4,518 ft elevation
Living in Draper
Draper has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it is a snowy place (74″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 57, with about 16 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Draper is an outdoor hub: about 26% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,600 ft around town.
Draper at a glance
- Population
- 50k
- Elevation
- 4,518 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 74″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,082 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5795th percentile
- Median home value
- $726k92th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,812/mo81th percentile
- Median household income
- $131k88th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.51%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%
- Violent crime rate
- 192 per 100k54th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,066 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 21%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 26%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,560 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 24°F | 2.5″ | 17.4″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 27°F | 2.0″ | 13.6″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 2.0″ | 9.6″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 2.5″ | 6.2″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 46°F | 2.4″ | 0.5″ | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 53°F | 1.0″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 60°F | 0.6″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 60°F | 0.9″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 51°F | 1.3″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 41°F | 1.8″ | 1.6″ | 243 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 31°F | 1.6″ | 8.0″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 2.3″ | 17.5″ | 154 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