Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Liberty Lake, Washington
Spokane County, Washington · Population 12k · 2,028 ft elevation
Living in Liberty Lake
Liberty Lake has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 26°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 17″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Liberty Lake: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Liberty Lake at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 2,028 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 17″11th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,624 hrs28th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $506k82th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,782/mo79th percentile
- Median household income
- $106k77th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.89%44th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 9.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%63th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 132 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,323 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,772 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 26°F | 2.0″ | 12.3″ | 92 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 27°F | 1.3″ | 7.8″ | 129 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 32°F | 1.8″ | 3.9″ | 164 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 1.5″ | 0.7″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 44°F | 1.7″ | 0.1″ | 291 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 50°F | 1.5″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 56°F | 0.7″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 54°F | 0.5″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 47°F | 0.7″ | 0.1″ | 273 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 38°F | 1.5″ | 0.5″ | 195 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 31°F | 2.0″ | 6.2″ | 104 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 26°F | 2.2″ | 13.8″ | 75 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