Cold semi-arid
Payette, Idaho
Payette County, Idaho · Population 8.4k · 2,162 ft elevation
Living in Payette
Payette has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 92°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 11″ a year, and it gets light snow (15″ a season).
Skies are sunny (64% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Payette: about 31% 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.
Payette at a glance
- Population
- 8.4k
- Elevation
- 2,162 ft
- Average daily high
- 66°F50th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 11″4th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 15″52th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,950 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $248k47th percentile
- Median rent
- $846/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.54%12th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.024th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 225 per 100k60th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 843 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 172th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 31%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,837 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 24°F | 1.4″ | 6.1″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 48°F | 28°F | 1.1″ | 2.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 58°F | 34°F | 1.0″ | 0.5″ | 190 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 39°F | 0.8″ | — | 251 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 48°F | 1.3″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 54°F | 0.8″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Jul | 92°F | 61°F | 0.4″ | — | 414 hrs |
| Aug | 90°F | 59°F | 0.2″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Sep | 80°F | 50°F | 0.8″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 39°F | 0.6″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 30°F | 1.0″ | 1.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 1.8″ | 5.4″ | 108 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