Hot-summer continental (dry summer)
West Valley City, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 138k · 4,318 ft elevation
Living in West Valley City
West Valley City has a hot-summer continental (dry summer) climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (52″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 57, with about 16 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around West Valley City: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,500 ft around town.
West Valley City at a glance
- Population
- 138k
- Elevation
- 4,318 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 52″89th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,083 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5795th percentile
- Median home value
- $377k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,445/mo65th percentile
- Median household income
- $89k65th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.63%19th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.984th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%
- Violent crime rate
- 383 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,662 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9986th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,462 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 24°F | 1.4″ | 12.7″ | 176 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 28°F | 1.3″ | 10.7″ | 177 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 36°F | 1.8″ | 5.9″ | 235 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 42°F | 2.2″ | 2.9″ | 248 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 1.8″ | 0.1″ | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 84°F | 59°F | 0.9″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 68°F | 0.5″ | — | 377 hrs |
| Aug | 91°F | 66°F | 0.6″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 56°F | 1.1″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | 0.5″ | 243 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 1.3″ | 7.0″ | 179 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 1.4″ | 12.1″ | 153 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