Warm-summer humid continental
Evanston, Wyoming
Uinta County, Wyoming · Population 12k · 6,759 ft elevation
Living in Evanston
Evanston has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 9 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Evanston is an outdoor hub: about 29% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,800 ft around town.
Evanston at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 6,759 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,129 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $236k44th percentile
- Median rent
- $841/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $77k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 163 per 100k47th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,320 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 172th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 29%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,756 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 11°F | 0.8″ | 10.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 14°F | 0.6″ | 9.1″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 21°F | 0.7″ | 7.0″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 27°F | 1.0″ | 4.3″ | 249 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 35°F | 1.9″ | 1.0″ | 299 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 41°F | 1.1″ | 0.1″ | 370 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 48°F | 0.8″ | — | 395 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 47°F | 1.1″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 39°F | 1.2″ | 0.6″ | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 30°F | 1.1″ | 2.9″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 19°F | 1.0″ | 5.9″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 11°F | 0.7″ | 9.2″ | 150 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