Warm-summer humid continental
Estes Park, Colorado
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 5.9k · 7,552 ft elevation
Living in Estes Park
Estes Park has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (104″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 50, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Estes Park is an outdoor hub: about 59% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 6,500 ft around town.
Estes Park at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 7,552 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 104″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,916 hrs59th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $634k89th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,431/mo64th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k48th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.40%4th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.368th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 156 per 100k46th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 901 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 76%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 59%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,496 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 17°F | 0.8″ | 9.8″ | 208 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 17°F | 0.7″ | 13.3″ | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 22°F | 1.6″ | 18.8″ | 244 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 27°F | 2.3″ | 19.3″ | 233 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 36°F | 2.3″ | 9.5″ | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 44°F | 1.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 49°F | 2.5″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 47°F | 1.7″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 40°F | 1.6″ | 0.5″ | 265 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 31°F | 1.1″ | 9.1″ | 227 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 24°F | 0.7″ | 11.0″ | 195 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 17°F | 0.7″ | 12.7″ | 190 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