Challis, ID

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CHALLIS AP, ID US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Challis has an annual average temperature of 44.4°F with about 6.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (0.93 in) and February the driest (0.36 in).

Annual swing
49.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,623
Cooling need
201

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

190 of 366 (51.9%) of Challis'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.

1990s
13
2000s
131
2010s
102
2020s
120

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 29.2°F 10.7°F 20.0°F 0.41 in 6
February 36.7°F 17.0°F 26.8°F 0.36 in 5
March 49.2°F 25.5°F 37.3°F 0.46 in 7
April 56.8°F 31.2°F 44.0°F 0.52 in 7
May 66.8°F 40.0°F 53.4°F 0.93 in 9
June 75.5°F 46.3°F 60.9°F 0.93 in 8
July 86.9°F 51.7°F 69.3°F 0.42 in 5
August 84.9°F 49.9°F 67.4°F 0.45 in 5
September 74.5°F 42.0°F 58.2°F 0.85 in 5
October 58.5°F 31.6°F 45.0°F 0.56 in 5
November 40.5°F 20.6°F 30.5°F 0.52 in 6
December 28.8°F 10.8°F 19.8°F 0.52 in 7

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