Cold semi-arid
Burley, Idaho
Cassia County, Idaho · Population 12k · 4,160 ft elevation
Living in Burley
Burley has a cold semi-arid climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are sunny (67% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 13 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Burley: about 45% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,600 ft around town.
Burley at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 4,160 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,053 hrs72th percentile
- Median AQI
- 131th percentile
- Median home value
- $214k38th percentile
- Median rent
- $920/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k35th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.58%15th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 40%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 449th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 45%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,625 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 1.1″ | 6.7″ | 160 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 24°F | 0.7″ | 4.2″ | 162 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 30°F | 1.0″ | 1.2″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 1.1″ | 0.5″ | 254 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 43°F | 1.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 49°F | 0.8″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 55°F | 0.3″ | — | 388 hrs |
| Aug | 87°F | 53°F | 0.4″ | — | 359 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 45°F | 0.7″ | — | 300 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 36°F | 0.8″ | 0.7″ | 245 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 27°F | 0.8″ | 2.6″ | 176 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 21°F | 1.1″ | 4.6″ | 124 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