Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Ketchum, Idaho
Blaine County, Idaho · Population 3.6k · 5,856 ft elevation
Living in Ketchum
Ketchum has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 8°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ 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.
Ketchum is an outdoor hub: about 83% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,700 ft around town.
Ketchum at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 5,856 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 27°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 102″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,083 hrs75th percentile
- Median AQI
- 171th percentile
- Median home value
- $756k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,190/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $88k64th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.52%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 193 per 100k54th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 828 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6519th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 10099th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 83%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 83%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,724 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 8°F | 2.3″ | 27.0″ | 174 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 11°F | 1.9″ | 17.2″ | 176 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 19°F | 1.8″ | 10.5″ | 220 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 27°F | 1.2″ | 3.2″ | 251 hrs |
| May | 62°F | 35°F | 1.8″ | 0.2″ | 299 hrs |
| Jun | 70°F | 40°F | 1.3″ | — | 353 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 45°F | 0.6″ | — | 399 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 44°F | 0.5″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 36°F | 1.0″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 28°F | 1.4″ | 1.6″ | 242 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 18°F | 1.2″ | 10.3″ | 173 hrs |
| Dec | 30°F | 9°F | 2.6″ | 32.0″ | 141 hrs |
Near Ketchum
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- Wendell, ID · 2.9k
- Jerome, ID · 13k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology