Cabinet Gorge, Idaho climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cabinet Gorge's normal year runs from 24°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 30.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.9°C, January lows of −4°C, July highs of 27°C, 781 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCabinet Gorge
- Station IDUSC00101363
- Location48.09°N 116.06°W
- Elevation2,173 ft (662 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cabinet Gorge is 51°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 44%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cabinet Gorge.
- Jan 34° 24°
- Feb 39° 25°
- Mar 47° 28°
- Apr 55° 34°
- May 65° 41°
- Jun 71° 46°
- Jul 81° 51°
- Aug 81° 51°
- Sep 71° 44°
- Oct 55° 36°
- Nov 42° 30°
- Dec 34° 24°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Cabinet Gorge each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in January (3.67 in), the least in August (0.76 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 24°F | 29.2°F | 3.67 | 15 | <1 | 28 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 39°F | 25°F | 31.6°F | 2.59 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 47°F | 28°F | 37.5°F | 3.45 | 15 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 34°F | 44.3°F | 2.14 | 13 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 65°F | 41°F | 52.9°F | 2.61 | 12 | <1 | 4 | 15 h 10 min |
| June | 71°F | 46°F | 58.7°F | 2.73 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 16 h |
| July | 81°F | 51°F | 66.2°F | 0.95 | 6 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 81°F | 51°F | 65.8°F | 0.76 | 4 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 71°F | 44°F | 57.4°F | 1.52 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 55°F | 36°F | 45.8°F | 3.15 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 30°F | 36.2°F | 3.53 | 14 | <1 | 18 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 34°F | 24°F | 29.4°F | 3.64 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 8 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 36°F | 46.2°F | 30.74 | 135 | 11 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −4°C | −1.6°C | 93 mm |
| February | 4°C | −4°C | −0.2°C | 66 mm |
| March | 8°C | −2°C | 3.1°C | 88 mm |
| April | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 54 mm |
| May | 19°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 66 mm |
| June | 22°C | 8°C | 14.8°C | 69 mm |
| July | 27°C | 11°C | 19.0°C | 24 mm |
| August | 27°C | 10°C | 18.8°C | 19 mm |
| September | 22°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 39 mm |
| October | 13°C | 2°C | 7.7°C | 80 mm |
| November | 5°C | −1°C | 2.3°C | 90 mm |
| December | 1°C | −4°C | −1.4°C | 92 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Heron (3 miles away), gets 84 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00101363; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Cabinet Gorge?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00101363.
When is the last frost at Cabinet Gorge?
In Cabinet Gorge, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 8 in half of years and before September 25 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 91 year in 10 after May 25; 9 in 10 after April 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 25; 9 in 10 before October 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 153 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cabinet Gorge in zone 6b in ZIP code 83811, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (26 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Idaho · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00101363; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Cabinet Gorge?
In a normal year in Cabinet Gorge, 11 days a year reach 90°F, 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 135 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 11a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 135a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 105°F, on August 4, 1961; the lowest is −28°F, on December 30, 1968.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1964, with 41.56 in; the snowiest season is 1971–72, with 173.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00101363; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00101363. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cabinet Gorge?
Over a year 71% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cabinet Gorge, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and December the cloudiest (48%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 50% | 1.0 |
| February | 60% | 1.9 |
| March | 59% | 2.9 |
| April | 65% | 4.4 |
| May | 71% | 5.7 |
| June | 70% | 6.0 |
| July | 87% | 7.2 |
| August | 86% | 5.9 |
| September | 79% | 4.2 |
| October | 68% | 2.4 |
| November | 53% | 1.2 |
| December | 48% | 0.8 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Cabinet Gorge record?
A normal year at Cabinet Gorge brings 7,013 heating degree days, 31% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 192 cooling degree days, 79% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,665 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,110 | 0 |
| February | 935 | 0 |
| March | 854 | 0 |
| April | 623 | 0 |
| May | 375 | 1 |
| June | 205 | 15 |
| July | 54 | 89 |
| August | 55 | 79 |
| September | 237 | 9 |
| October | 595 | 0 |
| November | 866 | 0 |
| December | 1,105 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,013 | 192 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00101363. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Cabinet Gorge been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 47.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.5°F | +0.3°F | – |
| 2022 | 44.8°F | −1.4°F | 34.19 |
| 2023 | 46.6°F | +0.4°F | 23.35 |
| 2024 | 46.5°F | +0.3°F | 29.48 |
| 2025 | 47.6°F | +1.4°F | 32.95 |
Over 60 complete years from 1957 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00101363; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cabinet Gorge's climate compare?
Cabinet Gorge is warmer than 40 of the 85 places with their own NOAA record in Idaho, and wetter than 74. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.2°F is warmer than 24%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cabinet Gorge is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Cabinet Gorge share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Noxon, MT193 people · 15 mi SE
- Bull Lake, MT185 people · 14 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Cabinet Gorge's climate
What is the coldest month at Cabinet Gorge?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow at Cabinet Gorge?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Heron (3 miles away), records 84 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Cabinet Gorge?
January, with 3.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.76 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cabinet Gorge in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cabinet Gorge in zone 6b in ZIP code 83811, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 0°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Cabinet Gorge?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 25. Waiting until May 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Idaho climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Heron, MT2 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Bayview Model Basin, ID24 miles from this station, 45.0°F a year
- Trout Creek, MT25 miles from this station, 46.1°F a year
- Sandpoint, ID27 miles from this station, 46.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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