Council, ID

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

Dsa Mediterranean continental (hot summer) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Council has an annual average temperature of 49.2°F with about 22.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.0°F). December is typically the wettest month (2.98 in) and July the driest (0.44 in).

Annual swing
48.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,207
Cooling need
528

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

22 of 366 (6%) of Council'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.

1910s
22
1920s
30
1930s
61
1940s
28
1950s
23
1960s
42
1970s
35
1980s
37
1990s
29
2000s
30
2010s
15
2020s
14

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 33.4°F 18.0°F 25.7°F 2.67 in
February 39.8°F 21.6°F 30.7°F 2.02 in
March 51.7°F 29.2°F 40.5°F 2.61 in
April 61.3°F 34.6°F 47.9°F 2.12 in
May 71.8°F 42.3°F 57.1°F 2.37 in
June 79.9°F 48.8°F 64.4°F 1.59 in
July 91.9°F 57.3°F 74.6°F 0.44 in
August 91.0°F 55.0°F 73.0°F 0.44 in
September 80.1°F 45.4°F 62.8°F 0.95 in
October 64.3°F 34.9°F 49.6°F 1.61 in
November 47.0°F 26.3°F 36.7°F 2.60 in
December 35.9°F 19.4°F 27.7°F 2.98 in

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