Warm-summer humid continental
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Routt County, Colorado · Population 13k · 6,752 ft elevation
Living in Steamboat Springs
Steamboat Springs has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 25″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (185″ a season).
Skies are sunny (65% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Steamboat Springs is an outdoor hub: about 47% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,700 ft around town.
Steamboat Springs at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 6,752 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 26°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 25″17th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 185″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,919 hrs60th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $874k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,909/mo84th percentile
- Median household income
- $100k74th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.32%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.259th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 255 per 100k65th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,006 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 335th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 51%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 47%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,707 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 5°F | 2.5″ | 46.6″ | 183 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 8°F | 1.9″ | 35.7″ | 181 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 18°F | 1.6″ | 19.5″ | 247 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 27°F | 2.5″ | 13.2″ | 243 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 34°F | 2.6″ | 2.8″ | 272 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 40°F | 1.6″ | 0.3″ | 337 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 46°F | 1.7″ | — | 333 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 45°F | 1.8″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 36°F | 2.3″ | 0.4″ | 269 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 27°F | 2.2″ | 6.9″ | 219 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 17°F | 1.9″ | 23.3″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 7°F | 2.0″ | 35.8″ | 161 hrs |
Near Steamboat Springs
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology