Hot-summer continental (dry summer)
Fruit Heights, Utah
Davis County, Utah · Population 6k · 4,695 ft elevation
Living in Fruit Heights
Fruit Heights has a hot-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 90°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ 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 moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Fruit Heights is an outdoor hub: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Fruit Heights at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 4,695 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,129 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $655k90th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,727/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $135k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.991th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%59th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%
- Violent crime rate
- 27 per 100k7th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 573 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 23%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,740 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 21°F | 2.2″ | 16.0″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 26°F | 1.8″ | 11.5″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 32°F | 2.1″ | 4.2″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 38°F | 2.4″ | 0.9″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 2.7″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 55°F | 1.3″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Jul | 90°F | 63°F | 0.7″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 88°F | 61°F | 0.8″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 52°F | 1.3″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 39°F | 1.9″ | 0.4″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 30°F | 1.6″ | 6.6″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 1.9″ | 10.0″ | 151 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