Warm-summer humid continental
Roxborough Park, Colorado
Douglas County, Colorado · Population 9.4k · 5,787 ft elevation
Living in Roxborough Park
Roxborough Park has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it is a snowy place (86″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (72% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Roxborough Park is an outdoor hub: about 32% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,000 ft around town.
Roxborough Park at a glance
- Population
- 9.4k
- Elevation
- 5,787 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 86″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,195 hrs83th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $648k89th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,936/mo98th percentile
- Median household income
- $168k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 61%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 69%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 32%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,954 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 14°F | 0.8″ | 12.3″ | 210 hrs |
| Feb | 46°F | 15°F | 0.9″ | 13.2″ | 206 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 23°F | 2.0″ | 16.0″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 29°F | 2.9″ | 13.9″ | 261 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 39°F | 2.6″ | 1.6″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 47°F | 1.9″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 54°F | 2.0″ | — | 345 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 53°F | 2.2″ | — | 327 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 43°F | 1.6″ | 0.5″ | 294 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 32°F | 1.4″ | 4.6″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 23°F | 1.1″ | 9.2″ | 219 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 14°F | 0.9″ | 14.4″ | 203 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