Hot-summer humid continental
Mills, Wyoming
Natrona County, Wyoming · Population 4.3k · 5,131 ft elevation
Living in Mills
Mills has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it is a snowy place (82″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mills is an outdoor hub: about 35% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,300 ft around town.
Mills at a glance
- Population
- 4.3k
- Elevation
- 5,131 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 82″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,047 hrs71th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $167k24th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,047/mo38th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.62%18th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%57th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 59%
- Violent crime rate
- 235 per 100k62th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 342 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6922th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 35%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,264 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 16°F | 0.4″ | 11.1″ | 186 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 18°F | 0.6″ | 14.6″ | 171 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 25°F | 1.0″ | 12.3″ | 227 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 31°F | 1.5″ | 10.7″ | 242 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 41°F | 2.7″ | 3.0″ | 286 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 49°F | 1.6″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 56°F | 1.2″ | — | 379 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 55°F | 1.0″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 44°F | 1.1″ | 0.4″ | 287 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 33°F | 1.3″ | 5.9″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 25°F | 0.5″ | 6.7″ | 184 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 17°F | 0.7″ | 17.0″ | 160 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