Warm-summer humid continental
Sheridan, Wyoming
Sheridan County, Wyoming · Population 19k · 3,763 ft elevation
Living in Sheridan
Sheridan has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are sunny (66% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Sheridan is an outdoor hub: about 30% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,800 ft around town.
Sheridan at a glance
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 3,763 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,988 hrs67th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $295k57th percentile
- Median rent
- $933/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k32th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.56%13th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 12 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 110 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 936 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,807 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 12°F | 0.6″ | 7.8″ | 183 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 14°F | 0.7″ | 4.2″ | 192 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 23°F | 1.0″ | 4.5″ | 225 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 30°F | 1.9″ | 5.3″ | 229 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 39°F | 2.7″ | 0.6″ | 274 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 47°F | 2.0″ | — | 332 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 54°F | 1.1″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 52°F | 0.7″ | — | 347 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 43°F | 1.5″ | 0.1″ | 273 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 32°F | 1.6″ | 2.4″ | 207 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 21°F | 0.8″ | 3.1″ | 176 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 13°F | 0.5″ | 5.2″ | 156 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