Warm-summer humid continental
Rawlins, Wyoming
Carbon County, Wyoming · Population 8.2k · 6,808 ft elevation
Living in Rawlins
Rawlins has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 8 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Rawlins is an outdoor hub: about 54% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Rawlins at a glance
- Population
- 8.2k
- Elevation
- 6,808 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,056 hrs72th percentile
- Median AQI
- 80th percentile
- Median home value
- $206k35th percentile
- Median rent
- $833/mo17th percentile
- Median household income
- $70k43th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.61%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 114 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 875 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 438th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 42%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 54%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 15°F | 1.1″ | 7.8″ | 167 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 17°F | 1.0″ | 7.1″ | 168 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 24°F | 1.6″ | 9.4″ | 222 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 30°F | 1.7″ | 6.9″ | 250 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 38°F | 2.4″ | 1.9″ | 300 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 356 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 56°F | 1.0″ | — | 372 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 1.5″ | 0.1″ | 295 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 34°F | 1.7″ | 3.9″ | 239 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 25°F | 1.2″ | 7.2″ | 195 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 16°F | 1.1″ | 8.2″ | 149 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