Dubois Exp Stn, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Dubois Exp Stn's primary NOAA station, DUBOIS EXP STN.
The climate verdict for Dubois Exp Stn
Dryness leads the climate profile for Dubois Exp Stn, Idaho, with 12.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 45°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.2"
- annual precipitation · 47" snow
- 135 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Dubois Exp Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00102707 · Dubois Exp Stn, ID 45°F mean · 12.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sheboygan Count…
- PRCP-DRY 12.2"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,577 HDD
- STN-1 USC00102707
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sheboygan County Mem, WI ( -0.1 °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.
- Dubois (this station) 45°F
- Cold Sheboygan Count…, WI 45°F
- Hot Fort Benton, MT 45°F
- Near Glens Falls Farm, NY 45°F
- Near Roy, MT 45°F
Climate Living Index · Dubois Exp Stn
Dubois Exp Stn: 23/100 · grade F
Dubois Exp Stn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dubois Exp Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 173 calendar days | 30/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 47.3 inches/year | 22/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.3°F · 22.2° from 67.5°F | 21/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 12.2 in · 22.8 from 35 in | 19/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 135 days/year | 15/100 · F |
Dubois Exp Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dubois Exp Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.2°F and warmest-month mean 70.7°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 70.7°F
- Coldest month
- 22.2°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 Dubois Exp Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dubois Exp Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Dubois Exp Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Dubois Exp Stn's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 75%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Dubois Exp Stn is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dubois Exp Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dubois Exp Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Dubois Exp Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 87 complete annual observations from 1927 to 2025, DUBOIS EXP STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Dubois Exp Stn primary station fitted change +0.11 °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 | 30°F (-1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 0.8" | 10.1" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (1°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.6" | 7.6" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.8" | 4.5" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.3" | 3.2" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.0" | 0.5" | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.6" | 0.1" | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.9 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| October | 58°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.1" | 1.4" | 13.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 6.2" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 30°F (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.0" | 13.7" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 173 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 11, then returns to freezing around October 22, covering 173 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 May 25, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 18 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 89 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 9 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 Dubois Exp Stn.
Where Dubois Exp Stn Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 12 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Dubois Exp Stn 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 and snowfall
Snow: 10.1"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.6"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.5 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.7"
10.3 days with precipitation
Dubois Exp Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Dubois Exp Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.0" and February 0.6". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Dubois Exp Stn is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 89 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 12.2" between them. At roughly 0.14 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 11 wet days; the driest is August at about 5.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Dubois Exp Stn
Dubois Exp Stn averages 47.3 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 43 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: 47.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 43 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 39% 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 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
135 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,577
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
432
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Dubois Exp Stn 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).
- Cherry Valley, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Delhi, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Ekalaka, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Kennebunkport, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Los Angeles, CA 12.2" · 0.0" off
- Thoreau, NM 12.3" · 0.0" off
- Chicken, AK 12.3" · 0.0" off
- Chester, MT 12.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Dubois Exp Stn
heating led · dry · mid swing
Dubois Exp Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,577 annual heating degree days against 432 for cooling. Its 48.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 135 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. Dubois Exp Stn coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Dubois Exp Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Dubois Exp Stn snow peak
December
Dubois Exp Stn averages 47.3 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 Dubois Exp Stn's primary station: DUBOIS EXP STN (USC00102707). 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 Dubois Exp Stn; 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 Dubois Exp Stn 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.