Cold desert
Holbrook, Arizona
Navajo County, Arizona · Population 4.8k · 5,085 ft elevation
Living in Holbrook
Holbrook has a cold desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 8″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (3″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (79% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 13 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Holbrook: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Holbrook at a glance
- Population
- 4.8k
- Elevation
- 5,085 ft
- Average daily high
- 73°F70th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 8″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 3″34th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,542 hrs91th percentile
- Median AQI
- 131th percentile
- Median home value
- $139k16th percentile
- Median rent
- $941/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 51°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 0.5″ | 227 hrs |
| Feb | 57°F | 25°F | 0.3″ | 0.5″ | 220 hrs |
| Mar | 65°F | 31°F | 0.5″ | 0.6″ | 291 hrs |
| Apr | 72°F | 37°F | 0.3″ | 0.5″ | 319 hrs |
| May | 81°F | 46°F | 0.3″ | — | 365 hrs |
| Jun | 92°F | 55°F | 0.3″ | — | 387 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 62°F | 1.1″ | — | 338 hrs |
| Aug | 91°F | 61°F | 1.7″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Sep | 86°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Oct | 75°F | 41°F | 0.9″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Nov | 61°F | 29°F | 0.5″ | 0.6″ | 252 hrs |
| Dec | 50°F | 22°F | 0.4″ | 0.6″ | 214 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