Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Airway Heights, Washington
Spokane County, Washington · Population 11k · 2,395 ft elevation
Living in Airway Heights
Airway Heights has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Airway Heights at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 2,395 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,624 hrs28th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $287k55th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,313/mo58th percentile
- Median household income
- $65k37th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.78%34th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.978th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 416 per 100k83th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,254 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7373th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 25°F | 2.0″ | 12.3″ | 92 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 26°F | 1.4″ | 7.8″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 31°F | 1.8″ | 3.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 37°F | 1.3″ | 0.7″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 1.6″ | 0.1″ | 291 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 51°F | 1.2″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 58°F | 0.4″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 57°F | 0.5″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 49°F | 0.6″ | 0.1″ | 273 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 38°F | 1.4″ | 0.5″ | 195 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 30°F | 2.1″ | 6.2″ | 104 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 24°F | 2.3″ | 13.8″ | 75 hrs |
Near Airway Heights
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology