Hot-summer Mediterranean
Pleasant Grove, Utah
Utah County, Utah · Population 38k · 4,646 ft elevation
Living in Pleasant Grove
Pleasant Grove has a hot-summer mediterranean climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (41″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Pleasant Grove is an outdoor hub: about 36% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,600 ft around town.
Pleasant Grove at a glance
- Population
- 38k
- Elevation
- 4,646 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 41″81th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,082 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $454k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,588/mo71th percentile
- Median household income
- $96k71th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.45%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.777th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 44%48th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 118 per 100k36th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 589 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 36%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,593 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 24°F | 2.0″ | 11.5″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 28°F | 1.6″ | 8.3″ | 178 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 35°F | 1.6″ | 3.9″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 40°F | 2.0″ | 2.8″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 48°F | 2.0″ | 0.3″ | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 56°F | 0.9″ | — | 362 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 64°F | 0.6″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Aug | 92°F | 63°F | 0.8″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Sep | 82°F | 53°F | 1.1″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 42°F | 1.4″ | 0.8″ | 243 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 32°F | 1.2″ | 3.5″ | 180 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 1.4″ | 10.3″ | 154 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