Climate & Weather in Jackson
Jackson has a real, genuine humid continental (borderline subarctic) mountain climate: cold winters (January average high around 26°F, average low around 5-6°F) and warm, dry summers (July average high around 79-82°F), with substantial annual snowfall around 71 inches.
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Learn moreCold, Snowy Winters
Jackson's winters are cited as genuinely cold: January's average high runs around 26°F, with an average low around 5-6°F. Winters are described in the citations reviewed as freezing, snowy, and partly cloudy.
Warm, Dry Summers
Summers are cited as warm, dry, and mostly clear: July, the warmest month, runs an average high around 79-82°F, with an average low around 41°F.
A Genuinely Humid Continental Climate, Borderline Subarctic
Jackson's climate is cited as humid continental with long winters, described as 'just shy' of qualifying as subarctic -- a genuinely distinct, higher-elevation mountain-climate profile relative to this project's Great Plains and coastal Tier A+ markets.
Substantial Annual Snowfall
Jackson averages approximately 71 inches of snowfall per year, with cited figures ranging from approximately 67-78 inches depending on the source and measurement period -- substantially above this project's Fargo, ND record's cited ~40 inches, and a real, genuine factor in Jackson's winter-recreation-driven tourism economy.
Real, Documented Severe-Weather and Hazard Context
As detailed on the flood-hurricane-risk topic page, Jackson's real, defining hazard risks are seismic, wildfire, and Snake River spring-runoff flooding -- distinct from a winter-snowfall-driven weather pattern alone.
Key takeaways
- Jackson's January average high runs around 26°F, with genuinely cold, snowy winter conditions.
- Jackson's July average high runs around 79-82°F, with warm, dry summer conditions.
- Jackson averages approximately 71 inches of snowfall per year, well above this project's Fargo, ND record's figure.
- Jackson's climate runs humid continental, borderline subarctic -- a genuinely distinct mountain-climate profile.
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