Subarctic
Frisco, Colorado
Summit County, Colorado · Population 2.9k · 9,088 ft elevation
Living in Frisco
Frisco has a subarctic climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 75°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 1°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (115″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Frisco is an outdoor hub: about 77% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,000 ft around town.
Frisco at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 9,088 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 19°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 115″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $840k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,582/mo96th percentile
- Median household income
- $113k82th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.32%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.259th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 149 per 100k44th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,489 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 82%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 77%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,003 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 1°F | 0.9″ | 18.0″ | 212 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 4°F | 1.0″ | 17.0″ | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 10°F | 1.1″ | 17.5″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 47°F | 18°F | 1.4″ | 17.3″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 58°F | 26°F | 1.3″ | 6.4″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 33°F | 1.1″ | 0.7″ | 325 hrs |
| Jul | 75°F | 38°F | 1.9″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 72°F | 37°F | 1.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 66°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 1.1″ | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 54°F | 21°F | 1.0″ | 7.1″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 11°F | 0.9″ | 14.6″ | 193 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 3°F | 0.9″ | 15.8″ | 184 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