Lava Hot Springs, 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 Lava Hot Springs's primary NOAA station, LAVA HOT SPRINGS.
The climate verdict for Lava Hot Springs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, with 18.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.3"
- annual precipitation
- 123 days
- frost-free growing season
Lava Hot Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00105143 · Lava Hot Springs, ID 45°F mean · 18.3" 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 #1,304
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sybille Rsch Un…
- PRCP-DRY 18.3"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,555 HDD
- STN-1 USC00105143
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sybille Rsch Unit, WY (+ 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.
- Lava Hot Springs (this station) 45°F
- Hot Johnson Siding, SD 45°F
- Near Sybille Rsch Un…, WY 45°F
- Near Rock Springs Fi…, WY 45°F
- Near Hornell Almond…, NY 45°F
Climate Living Index · Lava Hot Springs
Lava Hot Springs: 23/100 · grade F
Lava Hot Springs publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lava Hot Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 18.3 in · 16.8 from 35 in | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 188 calendar days | 21/100 · 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 |
Lava Hot Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lava Hot Springs is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.0°F and warmest-month mean 69.1°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
- 69.1°F
- Coldest month
- 23.0°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 Lava Hot Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lava Hot Springs'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, Lava Hot Springs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 75%
- Lava Hot Springs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lava Hot Springs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lava Hot Springs's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.0" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.3" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.9" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.8" | 16.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 5.8 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (25°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 0.7 | 2.4 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 14.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 9.7 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 2.4 | 1.0 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.3" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.7" | 29.9 | 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 188 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around October 16, covering 188 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 January 9, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 6 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 103 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lava Hot Springs.
Where Lava Hot Springs Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 188 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Lava Hot Springs earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.3 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
Lava Hot Springs spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 17% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lava Hot Springs has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.3" and July 0.8". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Lava Hot Springs is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 102 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 28% of the calendar, and they carry 18.3" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 December at about 12 wet days; the driest is July 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
123 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,555
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
300
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Lava Hot Springs 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 (18.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fort Pierre, SD 18.3" · 0.0" off
- Sidney, NE 18.2" · 0.0" off
- Levelland, TX 18.3" · 0.0" off
- Mohall, ND 18.2" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lava Hot Springs's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lava Hot Springs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,555 annual heating degree days against 300 for cooling. Its 46.1°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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lava Hot Springs's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.1°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lava Hot Springs's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 18.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lava Hot Springs'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 Lava Hot Springs, 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 Lava Hot Springs's primary station: LAVA HOT SPRINGS (USC00105143). 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 1645820). Match rule for Lava Hot Springs: 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 Lava Hot Springs 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.