Idaho Falls, ID

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Idaho Falls has an annual average temperature of 46.5°F with about 13.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 16.1°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.93 in) and July the driest (0.51 in).

Annual swing
47.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,954
Cooling need
309

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

45 of 366 (12.3%) of Idaho Falls'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
29
1960s
63
1970s
31
1980s
50
1990s
67
2000s
61
2010s
36
2020s
29

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 30.2°F 16.1°F 23.2°F 1.06 in 11
February 35.7°F 20.0°F 27.9°F 0.95 in 9
March 48.2°F 28.5°F 38.4°F 1.26 in 9
April 57.8°F 34.3°F 46.0°F 1.43 in 10
May 67.2°F 42.4°F 54.8°F 1.93 in 10
June 76.6°F 48.7°F 62.6°F 1.25 in 6
July 86.3°F 55.2°F 70.8°F 0.51 in 4
August 85.5°F 53.6°F 69.5°F 0.65 in 5
September 74.9°F 45.3°F 60.1°F 1.13 in 5
October 59.4°F 34.8°F 47.1°F 1.23 in 7
November 43.0°F 25.1°F 34.1°F 0.95 in 8
December 30.8°F 17.2°F 24.0°F 1.14 in 11

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