Mullan Pass Vor/dme, 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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme's primary NOAA station, MULLAN PASS VOR/DME.
The climate verdict for Mullan Pass Vor/dme
Water is the standout signal in Mullan Pass Vor/dme, Idaho: 45.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 39°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.
- 39°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 45.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 105 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Mullan Pass Vor/dme: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024154 · Mullan Pass Vor/dme, ID 39°F mean · 45.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Limestone
- PRCP-MID 45.1"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,714 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024154
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Limestone, ME (+ 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.
- Mullan Pass Vor… (this station) 39°F
- Hot Limestone, ME 39°F
- Near Kemmerer, WY 39°F
- Cold Mt Mansfield, VT 38°F
- Near Fossil Butte, WY 38°F
Climate Living Index · Mullan Pass Vor/dme
Mullan Pass Vor/dme: 18/100 · grade F
Mullan Pass Vor/dme publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mullan Pass Vor/dme, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 45.1 in · 10.1 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.6°F · 28.9° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 105 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Mullan Pass Vor/dme · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mullan Pass Vor/dme is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 22.4°F and warmest-month mean 60.9°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
- 60.9°F
- Coldest month
- 22.4°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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mullan Pass Vor/dme's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Mullan Pass Vor/dme sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 68th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Mullan Pass Vor/dme is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mullan Pass Vor/dme compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mullan Pass Vor/dme'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 | 28°F (-2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 5.9" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 4.7" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 34°F (1°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 5.0" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 40°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 3.6" | 24.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 50°F (10°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.0" | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 58°F (15°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.1" | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 69°F (21°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| September | 59°F (15°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.6" | 3.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 44°F (7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.9" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 32°F (0°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 6.0" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 27°F (-3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 6.0" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 73°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 201 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 17°F near December 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 2, then returns to freezing around October 15, covering 201 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 March 12, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 29 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 171 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mullan Pass Vor/dme.
Where Mullan Pass Vor/dme Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 201 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 18°F.
Mullan Pass Vor/dme earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
19.3 days with precipitation
17.5 days with precipitation
19.6 days with precipitation
16.9 days with precipitation
14.9 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
18.3 days with precipitation
17.5 days with precipitation
Mullan Pass Vor/dme's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 37% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 12%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 38.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 6.0"
- Driest month
- July, 1.1"
- Wettest three months
- December, November, January (40% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
How Mullan Pass Vor/dme's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 170 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 45.1" between them, or roughly 0.26 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
105 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,714
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
102
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Mullan Pass Vor/dme 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 (39°F here).
- Bedford, WY 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Bottineau, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Hansboro, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Limestone, ME 39°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (45.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Winnsboro, SC 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, OH 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Hawley, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
- Phoenixville, PA 45.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mullan Pass Vor/dme's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Mullan Pass Vor/dme's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,714 annual heating degree days against 102 for cooling. Its 38.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 105 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 December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Mullan Pass Vor/dme's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.5°F. The annual average is 39°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Mullan Pass Vor/dme carries 45.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Mullan Pass Vor/dme'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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme, 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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme's primary station: MULLAN PASS VOR/DME (USW00024154). 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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme; 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 Mullan Pass Vor/dme 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.