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Thornton, CO vs Carl Junction, MO

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- Carl Junction has 195.5% more rainy days than Thornton.
- Carl Junction has 13.9% less Sunny Days than Thornton.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Carl Junction scores 1.4% worse than Thornton
 Thornton, COCarl Junction, MOUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4638
 Snowfall46  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock97106
 Sunny245  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock9086
 Avg. Jan. Low18  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.27
 UV Index5.1  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock8922443
Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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Reviews for Carl Junction    1 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Folks will tell you to go to CJ as they have the best schools in the area. That's both debatable, and doesn't really tell the entire story. The best schools in this  More

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