Hot-summer continental (dry summer)
Syracuse, Utah
Davis County, Utah · Population 34k · 4,291 ft elevation
Living in Syracuse
Syracuse has a hot-summer continental (dry summer) climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% 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.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Syracuse: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,500 ft around town.
Syracuse at a glance
- Population
- 34k
- Elevation
- 4,291 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,129 hrs79th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $532k83th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,006/mo87th percentile
- Median household income
- $132k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.972th percentile
- Average commute
- 29 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%59th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 49%
- Violent crime rate
- 83 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 421 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,478 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 22°F | 2.2″ | 16.0″ | 179 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 27°F | 1.8″ | 11.5″ | 179 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 34°F | 2.1″ | 4.2″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 40°F | 2.4″ | 0.9″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 2.7″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 57°F | 1.3″ | — | 369 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 64°F | 0.7″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 62°F | 0.8″ | — | 358 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 53°F | 1.3″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 40°F | 1.9″ | 0.4″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 32°F | 1.6″ | 6.6″ | 178 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 24°F | 1.9″ | 10.0″ | 151 hrs |
Near Syracuse
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology