Moscow U of I, 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 Moscow U of I's primary NOAA station, MOSCOW U OF I.
The climate verdict for Moscow U of I
Moscow U of I, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.8"
- annual precipitation · 51" snow
Moscow U of I: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00106152 · Moscow U of I, ID 46°F mean · 27.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Salida
- PRCP-MID 27.8"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,948 HDD
- STN-1 USC00106152
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Salida, CO ( -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.
- Hot Paulina, OR 47°F
- Moscow U of I (this station) 46°F
- Cold Salida, CO 46°F
- Near Mancos, CO 46°F
- Near Mcgaffey, NM 46°F
Climate Living Index · Moscow U of I
Moscow U of I: 34/100 · grade F
Moscow U of I publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moscow U of I, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 27.8 in · 7.2 from 35 in | 75/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.4°F · 21.1° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 181 calendar days | 24/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 50.9 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
Moscow U of I · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moscow U of I is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 29.0°F and warmest-month mean 65.4°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 65.4°F
- Coldest month
- 29.0°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 Moscow U of I sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moscow U of I's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, Moscow U of I sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moscow U of I is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moscow U of I compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moscow U of I's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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
Moscow U of I's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 110 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2025, MOSCOW U OF I warmed at a fitted rate of 0.06°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Moscow U of I primary station fitted change +0.06 °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 | 37°F (3°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.3" | 14.5" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 2.6" | 8.6" | 21.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.0" | 4.9" | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.8" | 1.0" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (20°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.6" | 0.2" | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.9 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.4" | 0.2" | 10.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.5" | 6.0" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 3.5" | 15.5" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 31, short of 90°F on every date, while 181 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around October 20, 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 November 24, when 53% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 5 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 136 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moscow U of I.
Where Moscow U of I Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 42°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.
Moscow U of I 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: 14.5"
16.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.6"
13.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
15.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
13.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
11.4 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
3.6 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.0"
16.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.5"
15.9 days with precipitation
Moscow U of I spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 11% of the annual total and December through February 34%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moscow U of I has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 36.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 3.5" and July 0.7". The three wettest months together take 37% 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 Moscow U of I's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 136 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 27.8" 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.
Winter brings real snow to Moscow U of I
Moscow U of I averages 50.9 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: 50.9 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 18% 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,948
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
196
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Moscow U of I 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 (46°F here).
- Bad Axe, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bickleton, WA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bridgewater, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Camp Crook, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Canton, SD 27.8" · 0.0" off
- Abilene, TX 27.8" · 0.0" off
- Medicine Lodge, KS 27.8" · 0.0" off
- Hastings, NE 27.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Moscow U of I
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Moscow U of I's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,948 annual heating degree days against 196 for cooling. Its 36.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Moscow U of I. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Moscow U of I coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 29°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Moscow U of I typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Moscow U of I snow peak
December
Moscow U of I averages 50.9 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 Moscow U of I's primary station: MOSCOW U OF I (USC00106152). 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 Moscow U of I; 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 Moscow U of I 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.