Cold semi-arid
Glendale, Colorado
Denver County, Colorado · Population 4.5k · 5,374 ft elevation
Living in Glendale
Glendale has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (72% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 50, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Glendale: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,400 ft around town.
Glendale at a glance
- Population
- 4.5k
- Elevation
- 5,374 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,195 hrs83th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $399k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,723/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $69k42th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.51%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.899th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%
- Violent crime rate
- 1,986 per 100k100th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 16,291 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,445 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 48°F | 21°F | 0.4″ | 5.5″ | 210 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 21°F | 0.6″ | 8.4″ | 205 hrs |
| Mar | 57°F | 29°F | 1.1″ | 9.2″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 36°F | 2.0″ | 5.0″ | 261 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 45°F | 2.6″ | 0.9″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 55°F | 1.7″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 61°F | 1.9″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 60°F | 1.8″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 50°F | 1.2″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 37°F | 1.2″ | 2.5″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 27°F | 0.8″ | 4.4″ | 218 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 4.8″ | 202 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