Cold semi-arid
Gooding, Idaho
Gooding County, Idaho · Population 3.7k · 3,579 ft elevation
Living in Gooding
Gooding has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 95°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it gets light snow (18″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 13 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Gooding is an outdoor hub: about 55% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,500 ft around town.
Gooding at a glance
- Population
- 3.7k
- Elevation
- 3,579 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 18″56th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,081 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 131th percentile
- Median home value
- $176k26th percentile
- Median rent
- $869/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $37k3th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.69%25th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 14.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 338 per 100k75th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 649 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 253th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9695th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 54%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 55%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,526 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 25°F | 1.6″ | 5.5″ | 175 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 27°F | 0.9″ | 2.8″ | 177 hrs |
| Mar | 56°F | 34°F | 1.1″ | 1.6″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 39°F | 0.8″ | 0.3″ | 250 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 48°F | 1.1″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Jun | 85°F | 55°F | 0.6″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Jul | 95°F | 63°F | 0.2″ | — | 397 hrs |
| Aug | 94°F | 61°F | 0.3″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Sep | 83°F | 52°F | 0.5″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 41°F | 0.8″ | 0.1″ | 243 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 1.0″ | 1.9″ | 174 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 1.7″ | 6.0″ | 142 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