Warm-summer humid continental
Evergreen, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 8.6k · 7,070 ft elevation
Living in Evergreen
Evergreen has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it is a snowy place (81″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Evergreen is an outdoor hub: about 41% 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.
Evergreen at a glance
- Population
- 8.6k
- Elevation
- 7,070 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 81″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,993 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $746k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,955/mo86th percentile
- Median household income
- $149k93th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.49%8th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.68th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 41%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 6,463 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 12°F | 0.6″ | 8.8″ | 220 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 13°F | 0.9″ | 11.4″ | 222 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 21°F | 1.8″ | 17.0″ | 257 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 26°F | 2.4″ | 14.9″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 35°F | 2.5″ | 2.7″ | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 43°F | 1.7″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 49°F | 2.2″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 47°F | 2.3″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 39°F | 1.6″ | 1.1″ | 267 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 28°F | 1.2″ | 6.5″ | 242 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 20°F | 0.8″ | 10.4″ | 207 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 12°F | 0.7″ | 8.0″ | 205 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