Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Chewelah, Washington
Stevens County, Washington · Population 2.6k · 1,670 ft elevation
Living in Chewelah
Chewelah has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 21″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35, with about 9 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Chewelah is an outdoor hub: about 30% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,700 ft around town.
Chewelah at a glance
- Population
- 2.6k
- Elevation
- 1,670 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 21″15th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,446 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $227k41th percentile
- Median rent
- $907/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.77%33th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9493th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 35%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,690 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 20°F | 2.2″ | 14.5″ | 77 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 1.9″ | 5.4″ | 123 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 27°F | 2.2″ | 2.7″ | 151 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 33°F | 1.9″ | 0.2″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 40°F | 2.0″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 46°F | 2.0″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 49°F | 1.0″ | — | 392 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 47°F | 0.7″ | — | 350 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 39°F | 0.9″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 31°F | 1.8″ | — | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 26°F | 2.4″ | 5.6″ | 90 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 15.0″ | 69 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