Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 10 min4:43 am – 8:53 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 16 min7:36 am – 3:52 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 85°F, lows 53°FColdest month December: highs 33°F, lows 24°F21 in of rain a year, on about 60 dayswettest month December54 in of snow a year, on about 25 days21 days above 90°F, 147 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Bonners Ferry station, 11 mi away
Parks and public landsKaniksu National Forestnational forest · within reach · 898,038 acresKootenai National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 5.5 mi · 2,766 acresPriest Lake State Parkstate park · 12.4 mi · 294 acresMcArthur Lake Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 13.6 mi · 201 acresBoundary Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 14.4 miKootenai National Forestnational forest · 24.0 mi · 46,644 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes13 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 6 Aug 198543 mi away, near Creston, CanadaMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 16 May 202648 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowBoundary County, ID, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateAvalanche Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality56% of days had good air in 2025205 of 365 days measured156 moderate, 4 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 47, worst day 138main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Bonner County, ID, 30 mi away
Drinking waterCity of Bonners Ferryserves 3,367 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation5,084 ft1,550 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalBoundary Community Hospital10.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportSpokane International Airport GEG91 miUS highwayUS 218 miAmtrakSandpoint, ID SPT33 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 83853 ZIP area.
