Malta, ID

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Malta has an annual average temperature of 46.2°F with about 9.6 inches of precipitation per year and 11.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 16.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.46 in) and February the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing
41.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,927
Cooling need
153

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

40 of 366 (10.9%) of Malta'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.

1980s
65
1990s
121
2000s
126
2010s
54

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 36.3°F 17.1°F 26.7°F 0.70 in 4.2 in 7
February 41.5°F 20.3°F 30.9°F 0.41 in 1.9 in 5
March 52.2°F 24.4°F 38.3°F 0.75 in 1.2 in 5
April 58.1°F 30.0°F 44.1°F 1.01 in 1.2 in 7
May 67.8°F 36.5°F 52.2°F 1.46 in 8
June 77.9°F 42.4°F 60.2°F 0.65 in 5
July 87.6°F 48.4°F 68.0°F 0.73 in 4
August 86.5°F 47.6°F 67.1°F 0.92 in 4
September 76.7°F 39.8°F 58.2°F 0.88 in 4
October 62.7°F 30.8°F 46.8°F 0.82 in 5
November 47.5°F 23.0°F 35.2°F 0.58 in 0.3 in 5
December 36.3°F 16.6°F 26.5°F 0.70 in 3.1 in 6

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