All-time weather records — Council, ID

Record high
1070.1°F
January 31, 1944
Record low
-38.0°F
December 27, 1983
Wettest day
4.10 in
February 16, 1982

Climate change signal in Council

6%

of Council's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1910s
22
37
1920s
30
46
1930s
61
30
1940s
28
14
1950s
23
40
1960s
42
54
1970s
35
34
1980s
37
47
1990s
29
24
2000s
30
15
2010s
15
16
2020s
14
9

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1914, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 1070.1°F — Jan 31, 1944 -26.0°F — Jan 31, 1979 3.60 in — Jan 20, 1943
February 62.1°F — Feb 26, 1992 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 1956 4.10 in — Feb 16, 1982
March 77.0°F — Mar 24, 2004 -11.9°F — Mar 1, 1993 2.50 in — Mar 14, 2006
April 90.0°F — Apr 24, 1977 8.1°F — Apr 1, 1936 1.55 in — Apr 13, 1921
May 98.1°F — May 30, 1986 3.9°F — May 28, 1912 1.58 in — May 21, 1932
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 2002 28.9°F — Jun 2, 1917 2.04 in — Jun 7, 1936
July 109.9°F — Jul 12, 2002 28.9°F — Jul 19, 1993 1.97 in — Jul 18, 1976
August 109.0°F — Aug 3, 1961 28.9°F — Aug 21, 1987 1.09 in — Aug 23, 1975
September 102.0°F — Sep 2, 1955 19.9°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.75 in — Sep 23, 1917
October 93.0°F — Oct 5, 1992 10.9°F — Oct 31, 2002 2.25 in — Oct 7, 1913
November 73.0°F — Nov 1, 1962 -20.0°F — Nov 23, 1985 2.30 in — Nov 15, 1930
December 61.0°F — Dec 3, 1941 -38.0°F — Dec 27, 1983 3.20 in — Dec 14, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Council.