Hot-summer humid continental
Glenrock, Wyoming
Converse County, Wyoming · Population 2.8k · 5,016 ft elevation
Living in Glenrock
Glenrock has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Glenrock is an outdoor hub: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,900 ft around town.
Glenrock at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 5,016 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,020 hrs69th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $218k39th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,072/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.126th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 124 per 100k37th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 498 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 315th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 18%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,887 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 7.6″ | 177 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 17°F | 1.0″ | 10.8″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 25°F | 1.6″ | 10.8″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 1.8″ | 7.7″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 40°F | 2.8″ | 1.6″ | 286 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 50°F | 1.5″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 58°F | 1.2″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 55°F | 1.0″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | 1.5″ | 287 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 35°F | 1.7″ | 4.0″ | 224 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 26°F | 0.9″ | 5.8″ | 185 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 17°F | 0.8″ | 9.2″ | 157 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