Elk River, ID
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELK RVR, ID US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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).
Best time to visit Elk River
Full guide →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 | — | — |
Climate twins of Elk River
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).