Climate in Hailey
Hailey shares the Wood River Valley's genuine mountain climate with Ketchum, but at a measurably lower elevation and a real, correspondingly milder profile -- worth understanding on its own terms rather than assuming Ketchum's conditions apply identically.
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Learn moreA genuinely lower elevation than Ketchum
Hailey sits at 5,330 feet -- genuinely, measurably lower than Ketchum's 5,853 feet -- a real climate driver, not a coincidence.
A real, measurably milder winter than Ketchum
Hailey's climate runs a continental Mediterranean/warm-summer humid continental pattern (Koppen Dsb) with winter lows near 9.5°F and summer highs near 77.7°F. Annual snowfall runs 57.05 inches -- genuinely, substantially less than Ketchum's own 102-inch figure.
Still a genuine four-season mountain climate
Roughly 199 nights per year fall below freezing -- Hailey remains a real, cold-winter mountain-valley market, just measurably less extreme than Ketchum specifically.
Key takeaways
- Hailey's lower elevation (5,330 ft vs. Ketchum's 5,853 ft) produces a real, measurable climate difference.
- Annual snowfall runs 57.05 inches -- genuinely, substantially less than Ketchum's 102 inches.
- Hailey remains a genuine four-season mountain climate, with roughly 199 nights per year below freezing.
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