Driggs, Idaho climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Driggs's normal year runs from 9°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 19.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.7°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 28°C, 491 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDriggs
- Station IDUSC00102676
- Location43.73°N 111.11°W
- Elevation6,120 ft (1,865 m)
- Population2,332
On October 24, the normal high in Driggs is 54°F and the normal low 26°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Driggs.
- Jan 33° 9°
- Feb 36° 12°
- Mar 44° 20°
- Apr 54° 28°
- May 65° 35°
- Jun 73° 41°
- Jul 83° 48°
- Aug 82° 46°
- Sep 73° 38°
- Oct 58° 29°
- Nov 44° 19°
- Dec 33° 11°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Driggs each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 9°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.30 in), the least in July (1.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F | 9°F | 21.0°F | 1.95 | – | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 36°F | 12°F | 24.2°F | 1.07 | – | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 44°F | 20°F | 32.3°F | 1.37 | – | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 28°F | 40.7°F | 1.90 | – | <1 | 22 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 65°F | 35°F | 49.9°F | 2.30 | – | <1 | 11 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 73°F | 41°F | 57.2°F | 1.97 | – | <1 | 3 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 83°F | 48°F | 65.2°F | 1.06 | – | 1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 82°F | 46°F | 63.7°F | 1.23 | – | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 73°F | 38°F | 55.5°F | 1.47 | – | <1 | 6 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 58°F | 29°F | 43.4°F | 1.77 | – | <1 | 20 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 44°F | 19°F | 31.4°F | 1.52 | – | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 33°F | 11°F | 21.7°F | 1.74 | – | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 28°F | 42.2°F | 19.35 | – | 2 | 204 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −13°C | −6.1°C | 50 mm |
| February | 2°C | −11°C | −4.3°C | 27 mm |
| March | 7°C | −6°C | 0.2°C | 35 mm |
| April | 12°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 48 mm |
| May | 18°C | 2°C | 9.9°C | 58 mm |
| June | 23°C | 5°C | 14.0°C | 50 mm |
| July | 28°C | 9°C | 18.4°C | 27 mm |
| August | 28°C | 8°C | 17.6°C | 31 mm |
| September | 23°C | 3°C | 13.1°C | 37 mm |
| October | 15°C | −2°C | 6.3°C | 45 mm |
| November | 7°C | −7°C | −0.3°C | 39 mm |
| December | 0°C | −12°C | −5.7°C | 44 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Alta (5 miles away), gets 113 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00102676; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Driggs?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September.
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 USC00102676.
When is the last frost in Driggs?
In Driggs, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 13 in half of years and after June 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 9 in half of years and before August 26 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
- June 131 year in 10 after June 28; 9 in 10 after May 27
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 91 year in 10 before August 26; 9 in 10 before September 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 86 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 118 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 22 in half of springs and before September 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Driggs in zone 5a in ZIP code 83455, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Driggs's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (16 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 USC00102676; 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 in Driggs?
In a normal year in Driggs, 2 days a year reach 90°F and 204 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 204a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 63high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1904) is 100°F, on July 19, 2021; the lowest is −50°F, on February 9, 1933.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1945, with 24.96 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 184.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00102676; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00102676. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Driggs?
Over a year 77% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Driggs, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (58%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 1.8 |
| February | 66% | 2.7 |
| March | 69% | 4.0 |
| April | 70% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 6.3 |
| June | 82% | 7.3 |
| July | 89% | 7.6 |
| August | 87% | 6.5 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 74% | 3.2 |
| November | 66% | 1.9 |
| December | 58% | 1.4 |
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 much heating and cooling does Driggs need?
A normal year in Driggs brings 8,414 heating degree days, 57% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 120 cooling degree days, 87% 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 1,458 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,362 | 0 |
| February | 1,144 | 0 |
| March | 1,014 | 0 |
| April | 729 | 0 |
| May | 469 | 1 |
| June | 242 | 8 |
| July | 58 | 64 |
| August | 83 | 43 |
| September | 291 | 4 |
| October | 670 | 0 |
| November | 1,010 | 0 |
| December | 1,344 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,414 | 120 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00102676. 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.
Has Driggs been warmer than normal lately?
Over 56 complete years from 1909 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Driggs's climate compare?
Driggs is warmer than 9 of the other 84 places with their own NOAA record in Idaho, and wetter than 52. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.2°F is warmer than 10%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Driggs is Dfb: continental, no dry season, 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 Driggs share this climate record?
Teton Village has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Teton Village, WY999 people · 17 mi SE
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 Driggs's climate
What is the coldest month in Driggs?
January, with a normal high of 33°F and a normal low of 9°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 48°F at night).
Does it snow in Driggs?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Driggs's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Alta (5 miles away), records 113 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Driggs?
May, with 2.30 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 1.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Driggs in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Driggs in zone 5a in ZIP code 83455, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Driggs's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Driggs?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 13; in one year in ten it comes after June 28. Waiting until June 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Idaho climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Alta, WY5 miles from this station, 40.5°F a year
- Tetonia, ID12 miles from this station, 39.4°F a year
- Moose, WY21 miles from this station, 38.4°F a year
- Swan Valley, ID22 miles from this station, 42.6°F a year
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