Hot-summer humid continental
Gillette, Wyoming
Campbell County, Wyoming · Population 33k · 4,570 ft elevation
Living in Gillette
Gillette has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (56″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Gillette: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Gillette at a glance
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- 4,570 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 56″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,978 hrs66th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $257k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $922/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.475th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 221 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,379 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5614th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 919 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 16°F | 0.6″ | 8.2″ | 170 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 17°F | 0.8″ | 9.0″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 25°F | 1.1″ | 8.6″ | 218 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 32°F | 2.1″ | 9.4″ | 234 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 41°F | 3.3″ | 1.3″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 50°F | 2.5″ | 0.1″ | 342 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 57°F | 1.7″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 56°F | 1.4″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 47°F | 1.3″ | 0.5″ | 279 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 35°F | 1.6″ | 4.4″ | 217 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 24°F | 0.6″ | 5.8″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 16°F | 0.6″ | 8.4″ | 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