Elk River, ID

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

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Elk River has an annual average temperature of 44.8°F with about 39.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 82.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.3°F). December is typically the wettest month (5.69 in) and August the driest (0.86 in).

Annual swing
38°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,260
Cooling need
3

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

11 of 366 (3%) of Elk River'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.

1950s
79
1960s
74
1970s
56
1980s
59
1990s
40
2000s
32
2010s
23
2020s
3

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 21.3°F 27.4°F 5.13 in
February 38.4°F 22.0°F 30.2°F 4.04 in
March 46.0°F 26.7°F 36.4°F 3.33 in
April 53.3°F 31.1°F 42.2°F 3.53 in
May 64.1°F 38.4°F 51.2°F 3.21 in
June 71.2°F 45.0°F 58.1°F 2.72 in
July 81.8°F 48.4°F 65.1°F 0.94 in
August 82.5°F 47.5°F 65.0°F 0.86 in
September 72.4°F 40.3°F 56.3°F 1.50 in
October 55.8°F 33.0°F 44.4°F 3.39 in
November 41.2°F 28.1°F 34.7°F 4.82 in
December 32.7°F 21.4°F 27.1°F 5.69 in

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