Murphy (desert) Hot Springs, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's primary NOAA station, MURPHY (DESERT) HOT SPRINGS.
The climate verdict for Murphy (desert) Hot Springs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Murphy (desert) Hot Springs, Idaho, with 14.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.7"
- annual precipitation · 47" snow
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00106250 · Murphy (desert) Hot Springs, ID 45°F mean · 14.7" 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 #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Nye
- PRCP-DRY 14.7"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,379 HDD
- STN-1 USC00106250
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Nye, MT (+ 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.
- Murphy (desert)… (this station) 45°F
- Cold Hart Mtn Refuge, OR 45°F
- Hot Deer Creek Dam, UT 45°F
- Near Nye, MT 45°F
- Near Spring Valley S…, NV 45°F
Climate Living Index · Murphy (desert) Hot Springs
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs: 17/100 · grade F
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Murphy (desert) Hot Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 14.7 in · 20.3 from 35 in | 27/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 47.3 inches/year | 22/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.2°F · 22.3° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 216 calendar days | 7/100 · F |
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 27.8°F and warmest-month mean 66.2°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
- 66.2°F
- Coldest month
- 27.8°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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Murphy (desert) Hot Springs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Murphy (desert) Hot Springs is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Murphy (desert) Hot Springs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.1" | 6.5" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 10.2" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.2" | 8.3" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 2.2" | 4.1" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (19°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.3" | 0.6" | 10.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 14.1 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 10.9 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.0" | 0.5" | 19.9 | 0.1 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 7.2" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.3" | 9.9" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 216 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near December 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 6, then returns to freezing around October 4, covering 216 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 April 11, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 30 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 93 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 13 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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs.
Where Murphy (desert) Hot Springs Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 216 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
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.
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs 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: 6.5"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.2"
7.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.3"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.1"
11.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
11.0 days with precipitation
6.2 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
8.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.9"
8.4 days with precipitation
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 17% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Murphy (desert) Hot Springs has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.3" and August 0.5". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 92 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 14.7" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 April at about 11 wet days; the driest is July 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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs averages 47.3 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 25 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: 47.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 25 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 32% 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
7,379
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
184
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Murphy (desert) Hot Springs 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).
- Albert Lea, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brillion, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Easton, WA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeville, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baker, MT 14.7" · 0.0" off
- Plentywood, MT 14.7" · 0.0" off
- Great Falls, MT 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Union, OR 14.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Murphy (desert) Hot Springs
heating led · dry · mid swing
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,379 annual heating degree days against 184 for cooling. Its 38.4°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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs. 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. Murphy (desert) Hot Springs coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Murphy (desert) Hot Springs typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Murphy (desert) Hot Springs snow peak
February
Murphy (desert) Hot Springs averages 47.3 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs's primary station: MURPHY (DESERT) HOT SPRINGS (USC00106250). 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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs; 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 Murphy (desert) Hot Springs 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.