Warm-summer humid continental
Meeker, Colorado
Rio Blanco County, Colorado · Population 2.5k · 6,257 ft elevation
Living in Meeker
Meeker has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it is a snowy place (65″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Meeker is an outdoor hub: about 61% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Meeker at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 6,257 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 65″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,156 hrs81th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $232k43th percentile
- Median rent
- $992/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.30%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Average commute
- 10 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%79th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 209 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 418 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 387th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 25%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 61%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,543 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 6°F | 1.2″ | 13.7″ | 184 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 13°F | 1.0″ | 11.3″ | 184 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 22°F | 1.2″ | 8.7″ | 243 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 28°F | 2.0″ | 4.9″ | 263 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 35°F | 1.8″ | 0.6″ | 313 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 41°F | 1.0″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 46°F | 1.4″ | — | 334 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 38°F | 1.8″ | 0.2″ | 299 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 27°F | 1.7″ | 3.3″ | 250 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 19°F | 1.3″ | 9.9″ | 200 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 8°F | 1.2″ | 12.2″ | 168 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