Tired of the Heat? - Move to Stanley, Idaho, Apparently a Half-Horse Town
Stanley, Idaho is located in a depression surrounded by the Sawtooth Mountains with peaks above 10,000 feet. At night, cold air from the mountains drains into the depression with Stanley at or near the low point with an elevation of 6250 feet.
On average, there are 290 days a year with frost including 10 in July. Yesterday, it was 26F in Stanley, the coldest location in the lower 48 - often the case. The record low for July is 15F, for the year, minus 54 F. There are an average of 75 inches of snow each year.
The population is 66, down from 100 in 2000. Housing should be cheap. There are 30 occupied homes of which one has an occupant under the age of 18.
