Warm-summer humid continental
Gunnison, Colorado
Gunnison County, Colorado · Population 6.7k · 7,720 ft elevation
Living in Gunnison
Gunnison has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -7°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 11″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Gunnison is an outdoor hub: about 79% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Gunnison at a glance
- Population
- 6.7k
- Elevation
- 7,720 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 20°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 11″4th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,081 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $432k75th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,120/mo44th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.30%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.494th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 232 per 100k61th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,181 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 459th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 73%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 79%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,478 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | -7°F | 0.8″ | 11.1″ | 218 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 0°F | 0.7″ | 9.0″ | 207 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 14°F | 0.5″ | 4.4″ | 273 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 3.5″ | 262 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 30°F | 1.0″ | 0.6″ | 279 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 36°F | 0.6″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 44°F | 1.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 33°F | 1.2″ | 0.2″ | 270 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 21°F | 0.7″ | 1.2″ | 253 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 10°F | 0.7″ | 5.2″ | 216 hrs |
| Dec | 28°F | -3°F | 0.9″ | 10.3″ | 207 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