Cold desert
Powell, Wyoming
Park County, Wyoming · Population 6.5k · 4,396 ft elevation
Living in Powell
Powell has a cold desert climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 6°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 7″ a year, and it gets light snow (11″ a season).
Skies are sunny (63% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 13 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Powell is an outdoor hub: about 59% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Powell at a glance
- Population
- 6.5k
- Elevation
- 4,396 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 7″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 11″47th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,841 hrs54th percentile
- Median AQI
- 131th percentile
- Median home value
- $265k51th percentile
- Median rent
- $856/mo19th percentile
- Median household income
- $65k37th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.663th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%93th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 273 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 759 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5815th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 25%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 59%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,428 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 6°F | 0.2″ | 2.6″ | 184 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 10°F | 0.2″ | 1.8″ | 189 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 20°F | 0.3″ | 1.7″ | 212 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 28°F | 0.6″ | 0.8″ | 209 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 1.2″ | 0.1″ | 253 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 47°F | 1.3″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 52°F | 0.8″ | — | 373 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 50°F | 0.4″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 41°F | 0.8″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 29°F | 0.7″ | 1.1″ | 201 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 17°F | 0.2″ | 1.6″ | 164 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 8°F | 0.1″ | 1.5″ | 145 hrs |
Near Powell
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Largest places in Wyoming
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology