Cold semi-arid
Severance, Colorado
Weld County, Colorado · Population 9.3k · 4,902 ft elevation
Living in Severance
Severance has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 52, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Severance at a glance
- Population
- 9.3k
- Elevation
- 4,902 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,149 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5286th percentile
- Median home value
- $494k81th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,108/mo89th percentile
- Median household income
- $127k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.71%27th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.26th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%
- Violent crime rate
- 95 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 252 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7473th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,395 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 16°F | 0.4″ | 6.6″ | 199 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 19°F | 0.4″ | 7.0″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 27°F | 1.1″ | 8.2″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 34°F | 2.0″ | 5.7″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 43°F | 2.5″ | 1.8″ | 290 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 52°F | 1.8″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 58°F | 1.6″ | — | 355 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 56°F | 1.3″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 47°F | 1.4″ | 0.6″ | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 35°F | 1.2″ | 4.0″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 24°F | 0.7″ | 7.6″ | 208 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 16°F | 0.4″ | 6.9″ | 189 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