Middle Fork Lodge, 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 Middle Fork Lodge's primary NOAA station, MIDDLE FORK LODGE.
The climate verdict for Middle Fork Lodge
Dryness leads the climate profile for Middle Fork Lodge, Idaho, with 15.8 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
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.8"
- annual precipitation · 41" snow
- 120 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Middle Fork Lodge: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00105897 · Middle Fork Lodge, ID 45°F mean · 15.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,304
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mullan
- PRCP-DRY 15.8"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,456 HDD
- STN-1 USC00105897
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mullan, ID (+ 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.
- Middle Fork Lod… (this station) 45°F
- Cold Hecla, WY 45°F
- Hot Gibbs Rch - Jar…, NV 45°F
- Near Mullan, ID 45°F
- Near Glen Hazel 2 NE…, PA 45°F
Climate Living Index · Middle Fork Lodge
Middle Fork Lodge: 20/100 · grade F
Middle Fork Lodge publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Middle Fork Lodge, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.8 in · 19.1 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 40.7 inches/year | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.1°F · 22.4° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 120 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Middle Fork Lodge · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Middle Fork Lodge is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.2°F and warmest-month mean 67.1°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
- 67.1°F
- Coldest month
- 24.2°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 Middle Fork Lodge sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Middle Fork Lodge'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, Middle Fork Lodge sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 80%
- Middle Fork Lodge's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Middle Fork Lodge compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Middle Fork Lodge'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.4" | 11.9" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.2" | 6.4" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.2" | 3.3" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 1.1" | 21.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.8" | 0.2" | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.4 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 10.1 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 5.6 | 1.5 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.3" | 1.0" | 21.6 | 0.1 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.6" | 4.3" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.8" | 12.5" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 11, covering 196 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 June 4, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 20 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 109 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Middle Fork Lodge.
Where Middle Fork Lodge Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°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 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Middle Fork Lodge 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: 11.9"
10.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
11.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.9 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.3"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.5"
11.0 days with precipitation
Middle Fork Lodge spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 19% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Middle Fork Lodge has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 1.8" and August 0.7". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
Middle Fork Lodge is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 108 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 30% of the calendar, and they carry 15.8" between them. At roughly 0.15 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 June at about 12 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 Middle Fork Lodge
Middle Fork Lodge averages 40.7 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 27 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: 40.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 27 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 26% 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 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
120 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,456
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
209
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Middle Fork Lodge 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).
- Alfred, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Sandy, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Bradford, NH 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brady, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Kimball, NE 15.8" · 0.0" off
- Bagdad, AZ 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Casper, WY 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Fort Collins, CO 15.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Middle Fork Lodge
heating led · dry · mid swing
Middle Fork Lodge's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,456 annual heating degree days against 209 for cooling. Its 42.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 120 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. Middle Fork Lodge coldest normal
December
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Middle Fork Lodge typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Middle Fork Lodge snow peak
December
Middle Fork Lodge averages 40.7 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 Middle Fork Lodge's primary station: MIDDLE FORK LODGE (USC00105897). 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 Middle Fork Lodge; 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 Middle Fork Lodge 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.