Cold semi-arid
Roosevelt, Utah
Duchesne County, Utah · Population 7k · 5,112 ft elevation
Living in Roosevelt
Roosevelt has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 93°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 2°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 7″ a year, and it gets light snow (16″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Roosevelt: about 42% 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.
Roosevelt at a glance
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 5,112 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 7″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 16″53th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,144 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $265k51th percentile
- Median rent
- $902/mo24th percentile
- Median household income
- $73k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%39th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%
- Violent crime rate
- 411 per 100k82th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,299 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 80th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 42%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,888 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 2°F | 0.6″ | 5.2″ | 188 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 10°F | 0.4″ | 3.4″ | 187 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 21°F | 0.5″ | 1.1″ | 233 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 29°F | 0.7″ | 0.7″ | 262 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 38°F | 0.8″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Jun | 86°F | 45°F | 0.5″ | — | 356 hrs |
| Jul | 93°F | 51°F | 0.5″ | — | 349 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 49°F | 0.6″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 41°F | 1.0″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 29°F | 0.9″ | 0.2″ | 257 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 17°F | 0.4″ | 0.6″ | 204 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 6°F | 0.5″ | 5.2″ | 171 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