Bayview Model Basin, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bayview Model Basin's primary NOAA station, BAYVIEW MODEL BASIN.
The climate verdict for Bayview Model Basin
Bayview Model Basin, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 45°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 24.6"
- annual precipitation · 27" snow
- 123 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bayview Model Basin: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00100667 · Bayview Model Basin, ID 45°F mean · 24.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,304
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jarbidge
- PRCP-DRY 24.6"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,421 HDD
- STN-1 USC00100667
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jarbidge, NV (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every ID station list.
- Bayview Model B… (this station) 45°F
- Cold Nezperce, ID 45°F
- Hot Hart Mtn Refuge, OR 45°F
- Near Jarbidge, NV 45°F
- Near The Poplars, OR 45°F
Climate Living Index · Bayview Model Basin
Bayview Model Basin: 31/100 · grade F
Bayview Model Basin publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bayview Model Basin, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 24.6 in · 10.4 from 35 in | 64/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 27.2 inches/year | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 174 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.0°F · 22.5° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 123 days/year | 8/100 · F |
Bayview Model Basin · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bayview Model Basin is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 28.4°F and warmest-month mean 64.9°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 64.9°F
- Coldest month
- 28.4°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bayview Model Basin sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bayview Model Basin's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 81%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bayview Model Basin sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 34th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bayview Model Basin is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bayview Model Basin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bayview Model Basin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Bayview Model Basin's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 40 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2025, BAYVIEW MODEL BASIN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.26°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bayview Model Basin primary station fitted change +0.26 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.4" | 8.7" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.8" | 3.2" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.5" | 1.8" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| June | 71°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| August | 80°F (26°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 3.1" | 1.4" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.6" | 12.1" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 174 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 10, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 174 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 27, when 46% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 3 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 116 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bayview Model Basin.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 8.7"
12.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
12.2 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
13.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.1"
13.6 days with precipitation
Bayview Model Basin spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 15% of the annual total and December through February 32%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bayview Model Basin has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 3.6" and July 0.9". The three wettest months together take 37% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Bayview Model Basin's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 116 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 24.6" between them, or roughly 0.21 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Bayview Model Basin
Bayview Model Basin averages 27.2 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 27.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 11% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
123 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,421
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
149
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Bayview Model Basin on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (45°F here).
- Alexandria, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Bangor, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Busby, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Chiloquin, OR 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (24.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Watertown, SD 24.6" · 0.0" off
- Callaway, NE 24.7" · 0.0" off
- Georgetown, MN 24.7" · 0.0" off
- Steamboat Springs, CO 24.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bayview Model Basin
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Bayview Model Basin's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,421 annual heating degree days against 149 for cooling. Its 36.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 123 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Bayview Model Basin coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Bayview Model Basin typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bayview Model Basin snow peak
December
Bayview Model Basin averages 27.2 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bayview Model Basin's primary station: BAYVIEW MODEL BASIN (USC00100667). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Bayview Model Basin; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bayview Model Basin comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.