Idaho City, ID

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Idaho City has an annual average temperature of 43.9°F with about 21.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 87.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.5°F). December is typically the wettest month (3.53 in) and July the driest (0.32 in).

Annual swing
42°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,653
Cooling need
39

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All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Idaho City'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.

1890s
11
1900s
28
1910s
16
1920s
95
1930s
97
1940s
32
1950s
17
1960s
11
1970s
10
1980s
23
1990s
15
2000s
10
2010s
1

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 35.3°F 13.5°F 24.4°F 3.16 in 11
February 40.5°F 15.9°F 28.2°F 1.94 in 8
March 47.8°F 22.0°F 34.9°F 2.26 in 10
April 56.0°F 27.5°F 41.7°F 1.59 in 10
May 66.4°F 34.5°F 50.5°F 2.11 in 8
June 75.3°F 40.3°F 57.8°F 1.09 in 7
July 87.1°F 45.6°F 66.3°F 0.32 in 3
August 86.3°F 43.6°F 65.0°F 0.44 in 2
September 76.5°F 35.6°F 56.1°F 0.77 in 3
October 61.5°F 27.5°F 44.5°F 1.50 in 6
November 44.2°F 20.7°F 32.5°F 2.41 in 9
December 34.6°F 13.9°F 24.3°F 3.53 in 12

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