Fairfield, ID

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

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fairfield has an annual average temperature of 42.1°F with about 14.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 9.2°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.11 in) and August the driest (0.35 in).

Annual swing
48.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,304
Cooling need
75

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

45 of 366 (12.3%) of Fairfield'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.

1940s
17
1950s
35
1960s
52
1970s
53
1980s
66
1990s
60
2000s
32
2010s
27
2020s
24

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 27.3°F 9.2°F 18.3°F 2.11 in
February 31.3°F 11.7°F 21.5°F 1.50 in
March 40.7°F 20.6°F 30.7°F 1.61 in
April 53.8°F 30.1°F 42.0°F 1.11 in
May 64.5°F 38.1°F 51.3°F 1.60 in
June 73.0°F 43.3°F 58.2°F 0.85 in
July 84.0°F 50.1°F 67.0°F 0.38 in
August 82.8°F 48.3°F 65.5°F 0.35 in
September 73.8°F 39.5°F 56.7°F 0.70 in
October 59.0°F 30.1°F 44.5°F 0.97 in
November 41.7°F 20.3°F 31.0°F 1.39 in
December 28.0°F 10.0°F 19.0°F 1.98 in

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