Cold semi-arid
Garden City, Idaho
Ada County, Idaho · Population 12k · 2,575 ft elevation
Living in Garden City
Garden City has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 26°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it gets light snow (18″ a season).
Skies are sunny (69% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Garden City is an outdoor hub: about 39% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,100 ft around town.
Garden City at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 2,575 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 18″56th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,152 hrs81th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $411k73th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,206/mo51th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.66%22th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.173th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%
- Violent crime rate
- 557 per 100k90th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,076 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 39%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,051 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 26°F | 1.4″ | 5.3″ | 140 hrs |
| Feb | 47°F | 30°F | 1.0″ | 3.3″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 36°F | 1.3″ | 1.2″ | 223 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 40°F | 1.2″ | 0.1″ | 272 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 1.4″ | — | 331 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 55°F | 0.8″ | — | 368 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 63°F | 0.2″ | — | 416 hrs |
| Aug | 92°F | 62°F | 0.2″ | — | 380 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 53°F | 0.4″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 42°F | 0.8″ | 0.1″ | 248 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 1.2″ | 2.0″ | 171 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 1.5″ | 5.6″ | 125 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