Hot-summer continental (dry summer)
Tooele, Utah
Tooele County, Utah · Population 37k · 5,052 ft elevation
Living in Tooele
Tooele has a hot-summer continental (dry summer) climate: very hot summers (July highs around 91°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are sunny (70% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Tooele is an outdoor hub: about 33% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,400 ft around town.
Tooele at a glance
- Population
- 37k
- Elevation
- 5,052 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,155 hrs81th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $338k64th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,166/mo48th percentile
- Median household income
- $89k65th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.61%17th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%
- Violent crime rate
- 384 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,539 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9493th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 33%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,445 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 20°F | 1.5″ | 14.0″ | 164 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 24°F | 1.7″ | 14.6″ | 175 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 32°F | 2.2″ | 11.1″ | 236 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 2.3″ | 5.9″ | 269 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 46°F | 2.4″ | 0.4″ | 319 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 55°F | 1.1″ | — | 370 hrs |
| Jul | 91°F | 64°F | 0.8″ | — | 378 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 62°F | 0.7″ | — | 348 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 52°F | 1.1″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 40°F | 1.5″ | 1.9″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 29°F | 1.6″ | 10.2″ | 190 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 20°F | 1.7″ | 17.2″ | 147 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