Warm-summer humid continental
Telluride, Colorado
San Miguel County, Colorado · Population 2.6k · 8,802 ft elevation
Living in Telluride
Telluride has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 0°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (131″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (72% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Telluride is an outdoor hub: about 72% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,200 ft around town.
Telluride at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 8,802 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 21°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 131″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,226 hrs86th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $390k71th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,269/mo92th percentile
- Median household income
- $97k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.33%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 100%99th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 8 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%64th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 122 per 100k37th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,182 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 192th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 73%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 72%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,217 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 0°F | 1.4″ | 23.6″ | 209 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 5°F | 1.4″ | 22.0″ | 196 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 12°F | 1.6″ | 22.7″ | 250 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 22°F | 1.7″ | 13.1″ | 274 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 28°F | 1.6″ | 5.1″ | 322 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 34°F | 0.8″ | 0.3″ | 365 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 40°F | 2.4″ | — | 336 hrs |
| Aug | 74°F | 40°F | 2.6″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 33°F | 2.3″ | 0.7″ | 290 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 23°F | 1.6″ | 5.3″ | 263 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 12°F | 1.5″ | 18.7″ | 221 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 1°F | 1.4″ | 19.3″ | 192 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