Warm-summer humid continental
Woodland Park, Colorado
Teller County, Colorado · Population 7.9k · 8,497 ft elevation
Living in Woodland Park
Woodland Park has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 76°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 20″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are exceptionally sunny (72% 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.
Woodland Park is an outdoor hub: about 41% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,100 ft around town.
Woodland Park at a glance
- Population
- 7.9k
- Elevation
- 8,497 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 29°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 20″14th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,195 hrs83th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $489k81th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,971/mo86th percentile
- Median household income
- $97k71th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.46%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 4.4%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.822th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 50 per 100k15th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,065 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 397th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 66%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 41%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,068 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 11°F | 0.7″ | 7.0″ | 211 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 13°F | 0.7″ | 7.7″ | 206 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 20°F | 1.4″ | 11.7″ | 252 hrs |
| Apr | 49°F | 25°F | 2.1″ | 9.4″ | 261 hrs |
| May | 59°F | 33°F | 2.0″ | 3.8″ | 291 hrs |
| Jun | 71°F | 43°F | 1.8″ | 0.1″ | 331 hrs |
| Jul | 76°F | 49°F | 3.7″ | — | 344 hrs |
| Aug | 74°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | — | 326 hrs |
| Sep | 67°F | 41°F | 1.9″ | 0.7″ | 294 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 29°F | 0.9″ | 4.4″ | 256 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 20°F | 0.7″ | 7.3″ | 220 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 14°F | 0.7″ | 6.8″ | 204 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