Warm-summer humid continental
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 10k · 5,781 ft elevation
Living in Glenwood Springs
Glenwood Springs has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Glenwood Springs is an outdoor hub: about 74% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.
Glenwood Springs at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 5,781 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,971 hrs65th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $592k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,717/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $87k63th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.40%4th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%33th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 366 per 100k78th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,513 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 59%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 74%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,921 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 13°F | 1.1″ | 13.7″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 19°F | 1.2″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 27°F | 1.2″ | 2.4″ | 247 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 32°F | 1.6″ | 0.6″ | 242 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 40°F | 1.7″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 47°F | 1.0″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 53°F | 1.3″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 44°F | 1.6″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 34°F | 1.6″ | 0.7″ | 231 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 24°F | 1.1″ | 4.4″ | 191 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 16°F | 1.2″ | 10.8″ | 168 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