Lifton Pumping Stn, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lifton Pumping Stn's primary NOAA station, LIFTON PUMPING STN.
The climate verdict for Lifton Pumping Stn
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lifton Pumping Stn, Idaho, with 11.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 41°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 41°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.3"
- annual precipitation · 37" snow
- 125 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Lifton Pumping Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00105275 · Lifton Pumping Stn, ID 41°F mean · 11.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Engadine Mdot
- PRCP-ARID 11.3"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,857 HDD
- STN-1 USC00105275
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Engadine Mdot, MI (+ 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.
- Lifton Pumping (this station) 41°F
- Hot Sundance, WY 41°F
- Near Engadine Mdot, MI 41°F
- Near Indian Lake, NY 41°F
- Near Bern, ID 41°F
Climate Living Index · Lifton Pumping Stn
Lifton Pumping Stn: 13/100 · grade F
Lifton Pumping 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 Lifton Pumping Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 37.4 inches/year | 31/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.3 in · 23.7 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 202 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 125 days/year | 9/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.0°F · 26.5° from 67.5°F | 7/100 · F |
Lifton Pumping Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lifton Pumping Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 18.1°F and warmest-month mean 66.0°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
- 66.0°F
- Coldest month
- 18.1°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 Lifton Pumping Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lifton Pumping 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 93%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lifton Pumping Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Lifton Pumping Stn's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lifton Pumping Stn is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lifton Pumping Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lifton Pumping Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Lifton Pumping Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 68 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2024, LIFTON PUMPING STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lifton Pumping Stn primary station fitted change +0.20 °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 | 29°F (-2°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.8" | 9.1" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (0°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 0.8" | 8.8" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.8" | 4.1" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.1" | 2.7" | 21.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 1.8" | 0.2" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.1" | 0.1" | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 1.1" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 4.1" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 30°F (-1°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 0.8" | 7.2" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 202 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near February 2.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 9, covering 202 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 8, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 9 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 89 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 22 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 Lifton Pumping Stn.
Where Lifton Pumping Stn Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 202 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Lifton Pumping Stn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 9.1"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.8"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.1"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.0 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.1"
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
8.0 days with precipitation
Lifton Pumping Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lifton Pumping Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.8" and July 0.6". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
Lifton Pumping 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 11.3" between them. At roughly 0.13 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 10 wet days; the driest is July at about 4.
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 Lifton Pumping Stn
Lifton Pumping Stn averages 37.4 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 23 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: 37.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 23 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 33% 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 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
125 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,857
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
133
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Lifton Pumping 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 (41°F here).
- Baraga, MI 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Butte, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Garrison, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Hazelton, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Northway, AK 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Bowie, AZ 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Lordsburg, NM 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Madera, CA 11.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lifton Pumping Stn
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lifton Pumping Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,857 annual heating degree days against 133 for cooling. Its 47.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 125 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. Lifton Pumping Stn coldest normal
January
Averaging 18°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Lifton Pumping Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lifton Pumping Stn snow peak
January
Lifton Pumping Stn averages 37.4 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Lifton Pumping Stn's primary station: LIFTON PUMPING STN (USC00105275). 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 Lifton Pumping 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 Lifton Pumping 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.