Hot-summer humid continental
Loveland, Colorado
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 77k · 4,993 ft elevation
Living in Loveland
Loveland has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (47″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 50, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Loveland: about 18% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,200 ft around town.
Loveland at a glance
- Population
- 77k
- Elevation
- 4,993 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 47″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,149 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5084th percentile
- Median home value
- $453k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,683/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $83k59th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.47%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%
- Violent crime rate
- 163 per 100k47th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,442 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,167 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44°F | 13°F | 0.5″ | 6.0″ | 200 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 16°F | 0.6″ | 8.2″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 23°F | 1.3″ | 7.9″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 31°F | 2.2″ | 5.7″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 40°F | 2.7″ | 1.1″ | 289 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 55°F | 1.5″ | — | 355 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 53°F | 1.3″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 45°F | 1.4″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 33°F | 1.2″ | 3.5″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 21°F | 0.8″ | 7.0″ | 209 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 14°F | 0.6″ | 7.6″ | 189 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