Council, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Council's primary NOAA station, COUNCIL.
The climate verdict for Council
Council, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 49°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 49°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 22.4"
- annual precipitation
- 145 days
- frost-free growing season
Council: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00102187 · Council, ID 49°F mean · 22.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kenosha Rgnl
- PRCP-DRY 22.4"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,454 HDD
- STN-1 USC00102187
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kenosha Rgnl, WI (+ 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.
- Council (this station) 49°F
- Cold Pontiac Wwtp, MI 49°F
- Hot Lagrange, IN 49°F
- Near Kenosha Rgnl, WI 49°F
- Near Montpelier, OH 49°F
Climate Living Index · Council
Council: 31/100 · grade F
Council publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Council, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 22.4 in · 12.6 from 35 in | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.2°F · 18.3° from 67.5°F | 37/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 145 days/year | 22/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
Council · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Council is a continental Köppen climate: Dsa
Coldest-month mean 25.7°F and warmest-month mean 74.6°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Dsa). Class Dsa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.6°F
- Coldest month
- 25.7°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 Council sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Council's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 36th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 31st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Council is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Council compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Council's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Council's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 51 complete annual observations from 1916 to 2023, COUNCIL warmed at a fitted rate of 0.05°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Council primary station fitted change +0.05 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 2.7" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 2.0" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 2.6" | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.1" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.4" | 3.7 | 1.5 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.6" | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.4" | 0.1 | 21.9 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 21.9 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.9" | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.6" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.6" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.0" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Council works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 43 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 157 dates, bottoming at 17°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 9 through August 20, covering 43 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 9 to October 6.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 28, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 157 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.
The widest day
August 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Council.
Where Council Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Council earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Council spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 11% of the annual total and December through February 34%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Council has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 3.0" and August 0.4". 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
145 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,454
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
729
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Council 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 (49°F here).
- Battle Creek, MI 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Beaconsfield, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Black Forest, CO 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Dansville, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (22.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Park City, UT 22.4" · 0.0" off
- Healy, KS 22.4" · 0.0" off
- Hill City, SD 22.4" · 0.0" off
- Vail, CO 22.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Council's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Council's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,454 annual heating degree days against 729 for cooling. Its 48.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 145 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Council's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.9°F. The annual average is 49°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Council's 22.4 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Council's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Council, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Council's primary station: COUNCIL (USC00102187). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1618820). Match rule for Council: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Council 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.