Cold semi-arid
Riverton, Wyoming
Fremont County, Wyoming · Population 11k · 4,961 ft elevation
Living in Riverton
Riverton has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 47 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Riverton: about 44% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Riverton at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 4,961 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 30°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,144 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4776th percentile
- Median home value
- $205k35th percentile
- Median rent
- $885/mo22th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.64%20th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.676th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 817 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,104 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 44%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,804 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 4°F | 0.3″ | 5.5″ | 194 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 10°F | 0.4″ | 7.4″ | 198 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 22°F | 0.7″ | 6.5″ | 243 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 31°F | 1.3″ | 7.2″ | 258 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 40°F | 2.0″ | 2.1″ | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 49°F | 1.1″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 55°F | 0.7″ | — | 376 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 52°F | 0.5″ | — | 343 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 43°F | 0.8″ | 0.6″ | 291 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 30°F | 0.9″ | 4.4″ | 234 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 17°F | 0.4″ | 5.3″ | 192 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 6°F | 0.3″ | 5.3″ | 165 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