Warm-summer continental (dry summer)

Wellsville, Utah

Cache County, Utah · Population 4.1k · 4,564 ft elevation

Living in Wellsville

Wellsville has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).

Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

Wellsville is an outdoor hub: about 31% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,000 ft around town.

Wellsville at a glance

Population
4.1k
Elevation
4,564 ft
Average daily high
59°F13th percentile
Average daily low
33°F3th percentile
Annual precipitation
18″12th percentile
Annual snowfall
52″89th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,131 hrs79th percentile
Median AQI
4462th percentile
Median home value
$404k72th percentile
Median rent
$1,057/mo39th percentile
Median household income
$111k80th percentile
Property tax rate
0.48%7th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
4.5%
Sales tax (state + local)
7.3%
Unemployment rate
1.7%
Homes with broadband
99%97th percentile
Walkability index
5.15th percentile
Average commute
22 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
39%39th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
50%
Overall natural-hazard risk
6721th percentile
Outdoor access
9594th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
18%
Public land within 30 miles
31%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
4,035 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Wellsville, Utah
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan31°F12°F1.9″12.5″178 hrs
Feb36°F15°F1.5″11.7″179 hrs
Mar48°F26°F1.9″5.9″236 hrs
Apr57°F33°F2.0″2.5″249 hrs
May66°F41°F2.2″0.1″300 hrs
Jun77°F48°F1.1″—371 hrs
Jul87°F54°F0.6″—396 hrs
Aug86°F52°F0.7″—359 hrs
Sep76°F43°F1.2″—298 hrs
Oct61°F32°F1.7″1.0″241 hrs
Nov46°F24°F1.4″4.7″177 hrs
Dec33°F14°F1.7″13.2″150 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