Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Bonners Ferry, Idaho
Boundary County, Idaho · Population 2.6k · 1,903 ft elevation
Living in Bonners Ferry
Bonners Ferry has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (54″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 17 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Bonners Ferry is an outdoor hub: about 67% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,000 ft around town.
Bonners Ferry at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 1,903 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 54″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,449 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 171th percentile
- Median home value
- $272k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,043/mo37th percentile
- Median household income
- $54k21th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.49%8th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 245 per 100k63th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 666 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 263th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 43%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 67%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,003 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 24°F | 2.6″ | 15.0″ | 76 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 25°F | 1.8″ | 10.8″ | 122 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 2.0″ | 3.7″ | 151 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 36°F | 1.3″ | 0.4″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 44°F | 1.8″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 50°F | 1.9″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 54°F | 0.6″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 53°F | 0.5″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 45°F | 1.0″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 36°F | 1.7″ | 0.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 30°F | 2.5″ | 6.4″ | 89 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 24°F | 3.2″ | 17.3″ | 68 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