Warm-summer humid continental
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Bonneville County, Idaho · Population 67k · 4,708 ft elevation
Living in Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it is a snowy place (66″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Idaho Falls: about 31% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Idaho Falls at a glance
- Population
- 67k
- Elevation
- 4,708 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 66″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,852 hrs54th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $299k58th percentile
- Median rent
- $992/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $70k43th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.65%21th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.550th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 36%33th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 301 per 100k72th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 959 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 31%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,067 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 16°F | 1.1″ | 17.0″ | 141 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 20°F | 0.9″ | 11.8″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 1.3″ | 7.6″ | 205 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 34°F | 1.4″ | 2.9″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 1.9″ | 0.9″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 49°F | 1.3″ | 0.2″ | 340 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 393 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 45°F | 1.1″ | — | 279 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 35°F | 1.2″ | 1.7″ | 213 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 25°F | 0.9″ | 7.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 17°F | 1.1″ | 16.0″ | 112 hrs |
Near Idaho Falls
- Ammon, ID · 18k
- Lincoln, ID · 3.8k
- Iona, ID · 2.9k
- Shelley, ID · 5k
- Rigby, ID · 5.3k
- Blackfoot, ID · 13k
- Rexburg, ID · 40k
- St. Anthony, ID · 3.8k
Largest places in Idaho
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- Twin Falls, ID · 53k
- Post Falls, ID · 42k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology