Cold semi-arid
Wheatland, Wyoming
Platte County, Wyoming · Population 3.6k · 4,754 ft elevation
Living in Wheatland
Wheatland has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 90°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 14″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (40″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 15, with about 12 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Wheatland: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Wheatland at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 4,754 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 14″8th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,038 hrs70th percentile
- Median AQI
- 151th percentile
- Median home value
- $236k44th percentile
- Median rent
- $707/mo5th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.67%23th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 5.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 80%8th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 263th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,690 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43°F | 16°F | 0.3″ | 4.6″ | 187 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 16°F | 0.4″ | 7.8″ | 174 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 24°F | 0.7″ | 7.4″ | 228 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 30°F | 1.7″ | 5.4″ | 239 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 39°F | 2.7″ | 1.4″ | 282 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 48°F | 2.1″ | — | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 90°F | 54°F | 1.7″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Aug | 89°F | 52°F | 1.2″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 43°F | 1.3″ | 0.1″ | 286 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 32°F | 1.1″ | 3.2″ | 228 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 23°F | 0.5″ | 4.3″ | 192 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 16°F | 0.4″ | 5.7″ | 171 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