American Falls, ID

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from AMERICAN FALLS, ID US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

American Falls has an annual average temperature of 48.7°F with about 11.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 90.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.54 in) and August the driest (0.49 in).

Annual swing
46.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,300
Cooling need
438

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Climate change signal

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218 of 366 (59.6%) of American Falls's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

2000s
16
2010s
244
2020s
106

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 34.5°F 18.7°F 26.6°F 0.96 in 8
February 39.1°F 21.0°F 30.0°F 0.68 in 7
March 51.8°F 29.1°F 40.5°F 1.02 in 9
April 60.0°F 35.0°F 47.5°F 1.30 in 9
May 71.3°F 42.5°F 56.9°F 1.54 in 8
June 79.1°F 49.6°F 64.4°F 1.15 in 5
July 90.4°F 56.4°F 73.4°F 0.53 in 3
August 87.7°F 54.8°F 71.2°F 0.49 in 3
September 76.9°F 46.2°F 61.5°F 0.81 in 5
October 61.4°F 36.2°F 48.8°F 0.92 in 6
November 46.5°F 26.8°F 36.6°F 0.83 in 6
December 34.5°F 20.0°F 27.2°F 0.87 in 9

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