Hot-summer continental (dry summer)

West Point, Utah

Davis County, Utah · Population 12k · 4,321 ft elevation

Living in West Point

West Point has a hot-summer continental (dry summer) climate: very hot summers (July highs around 92°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 16″ 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 West Point: about 13% 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.

West Point at a glance

Population
12k
Elevation
4,321 ft
Average daily high
63°F35th percentile
Average daily low
42°F30th percentile
Annual precipitation
16″10th percentile
Annual snowfall
50″88th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,129 hrs79th percentile
Median AQI
4673th percentile
Median home value
$438k76th percentile
Median rent
$1,600/mo72th percentile
Median household income
$119k84th percentile
Property tax rate
0.56%13th 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
10.570th percentile
Average commute
23 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
51%59th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
49%
Violent crime rate
59 per 100k18th percentile
Property crime rate
639 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
8844th percentile
Outdoor access
8282th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
2%
Public land within 30 miles
13%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
3,445 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in West Point, Utah
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan36°F22°F1.5″16.0″179 hrs
Feb42°F25°F1.6″11.5″179 hrs
Mar53°F34°F1.7″4.2″236 hrs
Apr60°F39°F2.0″0.9″248 hrs
May71°F48°F2.2″—299 hrs
Jun82°F56°F1.1″—369 hrs
Jul92°F65°F0.3″—394 hrs
Aug89°F63°F0.7″—358 hrs
Sep78°F54°F1.1″—297 hrs
Oct63°F41°F1.7″0.4″241 hrs
Nov49°F31°F1.2″6.6″178 hrs
Dec37°F23°F1.3″10.0″151 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