Cold semi-arid
La Junta, Colorado
Otero County, Colorado · Population 7.2k · 4,085 ft elevation
Living in La Junta
La Junta has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 93°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (76% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 45, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around La Junta: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 800 ft around town.
La Junta at a glance
- Population
- 7.2k
- Elevation
- 4,085 ft
- Average daily high
- 69°F60th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,404 hrs89th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4570th percentile
- Median home value
- $181k28th percentile
- Median rent
- $709/mo5th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th 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
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.877th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 376 per 100k79th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,491 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5112th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 820 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 46°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 7.2″ | 217 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 20°F | 0.4″ | 6.3″ | 198 hrs |
| Mar | 61°F | 28°F | 1.0″ | 6.0″ | 266 hrs |
| Apr | 68°F | 36°F | 1.4″ | 2.1″ | 283 hrs |
| May | 77°F | 46°F | 1.7″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Jun | 88°F | 57°F | 1.5″ | — | 362 hrs |
| Jul | 93°F | 63°F | 2.2″ | — | 381 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 61°F | 1.7″ | — | 356 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 52°F | 1.0″ | 0.1″ | 308 hrs |
| Oct | 70°F | 37°F | 1.3″ | 2.8″ | 267 hrs |
| Nov | 57°F | 25°F | 0.5″ | 2.8″ | 232 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 17°F | 0.5″ | 6.5″ | 206 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