Cold semi-arid
Lafayette, Colorado
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 30k · 5,226 ft elevation
Living in Lafayette
Lafayette has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 92°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lafayette: about 14% 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.
Lafayette at a glance
- Population
- 30k
- Elevation
- 5,226 ft
- Average daily high
- 68°F58th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,148 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $648k89th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,042/mo88th percentile
- Median household income
- $110k80th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.47%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.689th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%63th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 59%
- Violent crime rate
- 284 per 100k69th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,586 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,856 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 6.0″ | 200 hrs |
| Feb | 50°F | 21°F | 0.5″ | 7.6″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 29°F | 1.2″ | 8.2″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 36°F | 1.9″ | 6.5″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 45°F | 2.4″ | 1.2″ | 289 hrs |
| Jun | 86°F | 54°F | 1.5″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 92°F | 60°F | 1.7″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 58°F | 1.3″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Sep | 82°F | 50°F | 1.2″ | 0.1″ | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 37°F | 1.1″ | 2.4″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 27°F | 0.7″ | 6.9″ | 209 hrs |
| Dec | 48°F | 20°F | 0.5″ | 5.9″ | 190 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