Warm-summer humid continental
Rexburg, Idaho
Madison County, Idaho · Population 40k · 4,872 ft elevation
Living in Rexburg
Rexburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 12″ a year, and it is a snowy place (70″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 22 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Rexburg is an outdoor hub: about 38% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Rexburg at a glance
- Population
- 40k
- Elevation
- 4,872 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 12″5th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 70″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,667 hrs34th percentile
- Median AQI
- 222th percentile
- Median home value
- $384k70th percentile
- Median rent
- $959/mo30th percentile
- Median household income
- $50k15th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.53%11th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 73%2th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Violent crime rate
- 49 per 100k14th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 464 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9392th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 26%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 38%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,067 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28°F | 13°F | 1.1″ | 19.8″ | 123 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 16°F | 0.7″ | 10.7″ | 146 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 25°F | 0.9″ | 5.3″ | 185 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 1.5″ | 2.0″ | 220 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 40°F | 1.7″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 46°F | 1.4″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 52°F | 0.4″ | — | 383 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 50°F | 0.8″ | — | 343 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 42°F | 0.8″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 32°F | 1.0″ | 1.6″ | 195 hrs |
| Nov | 41°F | 23°F | 0.8″ | 10.5″ | 130 hrs |
| Dec | 29°F | 14°F | 1.0″ | 20.2″ | 104 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