What is the hottest month in Sandpoint?

August is the warmest month in Sandpoint, with an average high of 81.9°F.

What is the coldest month in Sandpoint?

December is the coldest month in Sandpoint, with an average low of 22.8°F.

What month does Sandpoint get the most rain?

November is typically the wettest month in Sandpoint, with about 4.72 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Sandpoint in?

Sandpoint is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Sandpoint changed recently?

12% of Sandpoint's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Sandpoint, ID

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANDPOINT EXP STN, ID US.

Dsb Mediterranean continental (warm summer) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Sandpoint has an annual average temperature of 46.1°F with about 34 inches of precipitation per year and 62 inches of snow. The warmest month is August (average high 81.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 22.8°F). November is typically the wettest month (4.72 in) and August the driest (0.80 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing

38.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

6,873

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Sandpoint

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

44 of 366 (12%) of Sandpoint'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.

1910s		48
1920s		36
1930s		52
1940s		26
1950s		10
1960s		14
1970s		24
1980s		35
1990s		35
2000s		32
2010s		29
2020s		25

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	33.6°F	22.9°F	28.3°F	4.33 in	20.9 in	16
February	38.4°F	23.7°F	31.1°F	2.91 in	8.4 in	12
March	46.4°F	28.6°F	37.5°F	3.58 in	6.5 in	14
April	55.6°F	34.5°F	45.0°F	2.37 in	0.5 in	12
May	65.8°F	41.8°F	53.8°F	2.72 in	—	11
June	71.8°F	47.5°F	59.6°F	2.44 in	—	11
July	81.8°F	51.6°F	66.7°F	1.17 in	—	6
August	81.9°F	49.8°F	65.9°F	0.80 in	—	5
September	71.7°F	42.4°F	57.0°F	1.41 in	—	7
October	56.3°F	34.1°F	45.2°F	2.95 in	—	11
November	41.8°F	28.9°F	35.3°F	4.72 in	6.4 in	14
December	33.5°F	22.8°F	28.1°F	4.61 in	19.3 in	15