Payette, ID

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Payette has an annual average temperature of 53.2°F with about 11.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 91.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 24.0°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.75 in) and August the driest (0.24 in).

Annual swing
44.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,968
Cooling need
714

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

30 of 366 (8.2%) of Payette'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
111
1900s
39
1910s
18
1920s
9
1930s
28
1940s
8
1950s
11
1960s
29
1970s
15
1980s
16
1990s
23
2000s
26
2010s
19
2020s
14

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 39.1°F 24.0°F 31.5°F 1.42 in 10
February 47.8°F 27.6°F 37.7°F 1.07 in 7
March 58.1°F 34.0°F 46.1°F 0.97 in 9
April 65.1°F 39.1°F 52.1°F 0.82 in 8
May 73.9°F 47.7°F 60.8°F 1.29 in 7
June 81.1°F 54.3°F 67.7°F 0.82 in 5
July 91.8°F 61.1°F 76.4°F 0.36 in 2
August 90.3°F 58.8°F 74.5°F 0.24 in 2
September 80.3°F 50.1°F 65.2°F 0.85 in 2
October 67.1°F 39.0°F 53.1°F 0.63 in 5
November 51.5°F 30.3°F 40.9°F 1.03 in 9
December 40.0°F 24.4°F 32.2°F 1.75 in 10

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