Subarctic
Silverthorne, Colorado
Summit County, Colorado · Population 4.7k · 8,757 ft elevation
Living in Silverthorne
Silverthorne has a subarctic climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (115″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Silverthorne is an outdoor hub: about 74% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,300 ft around town.
Silverthorne at a glance
- Population
- 4.7k
- Elevation
- 8,757 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 20°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 115″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,960 hrs64th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $691k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,804/mo81th percentile
- Median household income
- $114k82th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.35%3th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 110 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,602 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 85%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 74%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,331 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 3°F | 0.9″ | 18.0″ | 212 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 5°F | 1.0″ | 17.0″ | 202 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 12°F | 1.1″ | 17.5″ | 268 hrs |
| Apr | 49°F | 19°F | 1.4″ | 17.3″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 59°F | 27°F | 1.3″ | 6.4″ | 257 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 34°F | 1.1″ | 0.7″ | 325 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 39°F | 1.9″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 74°F | 38°F | 1.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 31°F | 1.4″ | 1.1″ | 264 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 22°F | 1.0″ | 7.1″ | 226 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 12°F | 0.9″ | 14.6″ | 193 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 4°F | 0.9″ | 15.8″ | 184 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