Malad City, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Malad City's primary NOAA station, MALAD CITY.
The climate verdict for Malad City
Dryness leads the climate profile for Malad City, Idaho, with 13.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°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.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 121 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Malad City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024151 · Malad City, ID 47°F mean · 13.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cody
- PRCP-DRY 13.1"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,046 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024151
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cody, 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.
- Malad City (this station) 47°F
- Hot Perrysburg, NY 47°F
- Near Cody, WY 47°F
- Near Ryndon, NV 47°F
- Near Bellevue, ID 47°F
Climate Living Index · Malad City
Malad City: 17/100 · grade F
Malad City publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Malad City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 46.8°F · 20.7° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 13.1 in · 21.9 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 212 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 121 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Malad City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Malad City is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.6°F and warmest-month mean 71.0°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
- 71.0°F
- Coldest month
- 23.6°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 Malad City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Malad City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Malad City sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 87%
- Malad City's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Malad City is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Malad City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Malad City'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
Malad City's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, MALAD CITY warmed at a fitted rate of 0.27°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Malad City primary station fitted change +0.27 °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 (0°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.5" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.3" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.2" | 17.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.7" | 0.1 | 17.4 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.1" | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.7" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.1" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Malad City works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 31 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 181 dates, bottoming at 14°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 11 through August 10, covering 31 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 16 to October 2.
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 April 14, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 181 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 7, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 6 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 65 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Malad City.
Where Malad City Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 40°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 181 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Malad City earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.7 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
Malad City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 15% of the annual total and December through February 30%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Malad City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.4°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.
How Malad City's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 65 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.1" between them, or roughly 0.20 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
121 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,046
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
435
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Malad City 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 (47°F here).
- Bigfork, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Chamberlain, SD 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cody, WY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Dakota City, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Heppner, OR 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Laramie, WY 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Cedarville, CA 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Dayville, OR 13.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Malad City's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Malad City's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,046 annual heating degree days against 435 for cooling. Its 47.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 121 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 Malad City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.4°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Malad City's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.1 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.
Malad City wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (13.1 inches).
Malad City driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Malad City's primary station: MALAD CITY (USW00024151). 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 1650140). Match rule for Malad City: 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 Malad City 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.