Warm-summer humid continental
Iona, Idaho
Bonneville County, Idaho · Population 2.9k · 4,790 ft elevation
Living in Iona
Iona 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 Iona: about 36% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Iona at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 4,790 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
- $364k68th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,284/mo56th percentile
- Median household income
- $84k60th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.49%8th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 99%97th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.315th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%38th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 58%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 36%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,231 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 | 28°F | 1.3″ | 7.6″ | 205 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 34°F | 1.4″ | 2.9″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 42°F | 1.9″ | 0.9″ | 288 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 49°F | 1.3″ | 0.2″ | 341 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 55°F | 0.5″ | — | 394 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 53°F | 0.7″ | — | 351 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 45°F | 1.1″ | — | 279 hrs |
| Oct | 59°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 Iona
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology