Subarctic
Leadville, Colorado
Lake County, Colorado · Population 2.6k · 10,180 ft elevation
Living in Leadville
Leadville has a subarctic climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 70°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (157″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Leadville is an outdoor hub: about 77% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,600 ft around town.
Leadville at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 10,180 ft
- Average daily high
- 47°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 20°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 157″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $375k69th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,651/mo74th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.40%4th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 76 per 100k24th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 457 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 60th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 70%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 77%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,642 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 4°F | 1.0″ | 18.8″ | 213 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 5°F | 0.9″ | 20.1″ | 203 hrs |
| Mar | 36°F | 12°F | 1.0″ | 21.1″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 42°F | 18°F | 1.4″ | 26.6″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 54°F | 27°F | 1.1″ | 11.8″ | 256 hrs |
| Jun | 65°F | 33°F | 0.8″ | 0.8″ | 324 hrs |
| Jul | 70°F | 38°F | 1.7″ | 0.2″ | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 67°F | 37°F | 1.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 61°F | 31°F | 1.1″ | 1.0″ | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 49°F | 23°F | 0.9″ | 13.8″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 36°F | 12°F | 0.9″ | 25.1″ | 194 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 4°F | 0.9″ | 17.6″ | 185 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