Cold semi-arid
Ranchettes, Wyoming
Laramie County, Wyoming · Population 6.4k · 6,194 ft elevation
Living in Ranchettes
Ranchettes has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it is a snowy place (63″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 45, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Ranchettes: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Ranchettes at a glance
- Population
- 6.4k
- Elevation
- 6,194 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 63″93th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,044 hrs71th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4570th percentile
- Median home value
- $561k85th percentile
- Median rent
- $658/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $124k86th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 56%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,100 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 18°F | 0.3″ | 6.3″ | 199 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 18°F | 0.5″ | 9.0″ | 192 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 25°F | 1.0″ | 9.7″ | 240 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 31°F | 1.8″ | 11.3″ | 241 hrs |
| May | 64°F | 40°F | 2.4″ | 3.4″ | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 49°F | 2.2″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 56°F | 2.1″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 54°F | 1.5″ | — | 323 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 46°F | 1.5″ | 1.0″ | 281 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 34°F | 1.0″ | 5.9″ | 232 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 25°F | 0.6″ | 7.5″ | 203 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 18°F | 0.5″ | 8.8″ | 183 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