Warm-summer continental (dry summer)

Hailey, Idaho

Blaine County, Idaho · Population 9.4k · 5,322 ft elevation

Living in Hailey

Hailey has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).

Precipitation is dry at about 18″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (102″ a season).

Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.

Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 17 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

Hailey is an outdoor hub: about 76% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,900 ft around town.

Hailey at a glance

Population
9.4k
Elevation
5,322 ft
Average daily high
59°F13th percentile
Average daily low
34°F4th percentile
Annual precipitation
18″12th percentile
Annual snowfall
102″98th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
3,083 hrs75th percentile
Median AQI
171th percentile
Median home value
$575k85th percentile
Median rent
$1,196/mo50th percentile
Median household income
$83k59th percentile
Property tax rate
0.29%1th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
5.3%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.0%
Unemployment rate
3.4%
Homes with broadband
96%82th percentile
Average commute
18 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
42%42th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
62%
Violent crime rate
265 per 100k66th percentile
Property crime rate
422 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
6519th percentile
Outdoor access
10099th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
62%
Public land within 30 miles
76%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
4,921 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Hailey, Idaho
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan35°F16°F2.1″27.0″174 hrs
Feb37°F19°F1.5″17.2″177 hrs
Mar48°F27°F1.4″10.5″220 hrs
Apr59°F34°F1.1″3.2″251 hrs
May67°F41°F2.1″0.2″298 hrs
Jun76°F47°F1.3″—353 hrs
Jul87°F54°F0.6″—398 hrs
Aug85°F53°F0.7″—361 hrs
Sep76°F44°F0.8″—295 hrs
Oct60°F34°F1.8″1.6″242 hrs
Nov44°F24°F1.7″10.3″174 hrs
Dec34°F16°F2.4″32.0″141 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