Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Rathdrum, Idaho
Kootenai County, Idaho · Population 10k · 2,201 ft elevation
Living in Rathdrum
Rathdrum has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 26°F).
Precipitation is moderate at about 25″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 31, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Rathdrum: about 26% 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.
Rathdrum at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 2,201 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 25″17th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,443 hrs11th percentile
- Median AQI
- 317th percentile
- Median home value
- $382k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,412/mo63th percentile
- Median household income
- $86k63th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.52%10th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.126th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 54%
- Violent crime rate
- 139 per 100k41th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 733 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7932th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 26%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,198 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 26°F | 3.2″ | 8.7″ | 77 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 26°F | 2.1″ | 3.2″ | 123 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 31°F | 2.7″ | 1.8″ | 151 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 37°F | 1.9″ | — | 204 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 2.1″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 51°F | 2.2″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 57°F | 0.7″ | — | 391 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 56°F | 0.8″ | — | 349 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 48°F | 0.8″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 39°F | 2.0″ | — | 180 hrs |
| Nov | 44°F | 31°F | 3.3″ | 1.4″ | 90 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 26°F | 3.5″ | 12.1″ | 69 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