Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Cheney, Washington
Spokane County, Washington · Population 13k · 2,359 ft elevation
Living in Cheney
Cheney has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 18″ 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.
Cheney at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 2,359 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 18″12th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,623 hrs27th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $330k62th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,075/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k11th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.86%41th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.298th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 40%40th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%
- Violent crime rate
- 279 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,666 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7473th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 853 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 22°F | 2.2″ | 12.3″ | 92 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 1.7″ | 7.8″ | 130 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 27°F | 2.1″ | 3.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 1.5″ | 0.7″ | 217 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 37°F | 1.7″ | 0.1″ | 291 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 42°F | 1.3″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 44°F | 0.3″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 43°F | 0.3″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 35°F | 0.5″ | 0.1″ | 273 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 29°F | 1.6″ | 0.5″ | 195 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 24°F | 2.4″ | 6.2″ | 105 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 21°F | 2.6″ | 13.8″ | 75 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