Warm-summer humid continental
Rifle, Colorado
Garfield County, Colorado · Population 10k · 5,371 ft elevation
Living in Rifle
Rifle has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 89°F) and cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Rifle 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 4,900 ft around town.
Rifle at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 5,371 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,971 hrs65th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $378k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,231/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k56th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.37%3th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 18%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 29%
- Violent crime rate
- 252 per 100k64th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,353 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 41%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 59%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,856 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 10°F | 0.9″ | 6.9″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 16°F | 0.8″ | 5.5″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 22°F | 0.9″ | 1.8″ | 247 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 29°F | 1.2″ | 1.1″ | 242 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 37°F | 1.3″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 45°F | 0.8″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Jul | 89°F | 53°F | 1.2″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 50°F | 1.3″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 41°F | 1.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 30°F | 1.4″ | 0.9″ | 231 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 20°F | 0.7″ | 2.7″ | 191 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 12°F | 0.7″ | 7.9″ | 168 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