Warm-summer humid continental
Driggs, Idaho
Teton County, Idaho · Population 2.7k · 6,112 ft elevation
Living in Driggs
Driggs has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 19″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (113″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Driggs 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 3,900 ft around town.
Driggs at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 6,112 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 19″13th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 113″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,853 hrs55th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $458k78th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,160/mo47th percentile
- Median household income
- $82k58th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.40%4th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 294th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9897th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 40%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 67%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,937 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 9°F | 1.9″ | 21.7″ | 141 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 12°F | 1.1″ | 16.2″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 20°F | 1.4″ | 15.3″ | 205 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 28°F | 1.9″ | 13.5″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 35°F | 2.3″ | 2.5″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 41°F | 2.0″ | 0.3″ | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 38°F | 1.5″ | 0.5″ | 279 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 29°F | 1.8″ | 5.9″ | 213 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 19°F | 1.5″ | 15.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 11°F | 1.7″ | 21.7″ | 111 hrs |
Near Driggs
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology