Hot-summer humid continental
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 32k · 5,476 ft elevation
Living in Wheat Ridge
Wheat Ridge has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it is a snowy place (76″ a season).
Skies are sunny (71% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Wheat Ridge: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,800 ft around town.
Wheat Ridge at a glance
- Population
- 32k
- Elevation
- 5,476 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 76″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,148 hrs80th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median home value
- $585k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,493/mo67th percentile
- Median household income
- $88k64th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.45%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.293th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 51%
- Violent crime rate
- 266 per 100k67th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,915 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,757 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 47°F | 17°F | 0.6″ | 9.6″ | 201 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 18°F | 0.8″ | 11.9″ | 193 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 26°F | 1.5″ | 12.9″ | 251 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 33°F | 2.3″ | 12.1″ | 257 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 42°F | 2.6″ | 2.2″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 51°F | 1.7″ | — | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 57°F | 1.9″ | — | 354 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 54°F | 1.6″ | — | 329 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 45°F | 1.3″ | 1.0″ | 292 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 33°F | 1.2″ | 5.9″ | 244 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 24°F | 0.9″ | 10.0″ | 210 hrs |
| Dec | 46°F | 16°F | 0.6″ | 9.9″ | 190 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