Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Heber, Utah
Wasatch County, Utah · Population 17k · 5,610 ft elevation
Living in Heber
Heber has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 57, with about 16 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Heber is an outdoor hub: about 48% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,300 ft around town.
Heber at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 5,610 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,083 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5795th percentile
- Median home value
- $571k85th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,862/mo83th percentile
- Median household income
- $108k79th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%51th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%
- Violent crime rate
- 225 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 832 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 346th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 48%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,348 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 12°F | 1.9″ | 21.5″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 16°F | 1.7″ | 13.9″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 24°F | 1.2″ | 6.7″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 4.0″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 36°F | 1.4″ | 0.8″ | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 42°F | 0.9″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 50°F | 0.5″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 48°F | 0.8″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 40°F | 1.2″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 31°F | 1.3″ | 1.7″ | 243 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 22°F | 1.1″ | 8.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 14°F | 1.6″ | 17.8″ | 153 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