Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Bellevue, Idaho
Blaine County, Idaho · Population 2.6k · 5,180 ft elevation
Living in Bellevue
Bellevue has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 17 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Bellevue is an outdoor hub: about 75% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.
Bellevue at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 5,180 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,083 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 171th percentile
- Median home value
- $483k80th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,503/mo68th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.32%2th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 387 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 53%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 75%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,888 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 16°F | 2.1″ | 13.9″ | 174 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 19°F | 1.5″ | 8.5″ | 177 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 1.4″ | 2.8″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 1.1″ | 0.8″ | 251 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 41°F | 2.1″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 47°F | 1.3″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 54°F | 0.6″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 53°F | 0.7″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 45°F | 0.8″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 35°F | 1.8″ | 0.3″ | 242 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 25°F | 1.7″ | 4.1″ | 174 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 17°F | 2.4″ | 15.2″ | 141 hrs |
Near Bellevue
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- Wendell, ID · 2.9k
- Jerome, ID · 13k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology