Ola, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Ola's primary NOAA station, OLA.
The climate verdict for Ola
Ola, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 22.5"
- precipitation, annual total
- 108 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Ola: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00106586 · Ola, ID 48°F mean · 22.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dorset
- PRCP-DRY 22.5"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,711 HDD
- STN-1 USC00106586
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dorset, OH ( -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.
- Ola (this station) 48°F
- Cold Dorset, OH 48°F
- Near Chugwater, WY 48°F
- Near Elko Rgnl, NV 48°F
- Near W Hampstead, NH 48°F
Climate Living Index · Ola
Ola: 22/100 · grade F
Ola publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Ola, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 22.5 in · 12.5 from 35 in | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.9°F · 19.6° from 67.5°F | 31/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 108 days/year | 2/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 241 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Ola · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Ola is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 26.6°F and warmest-month mean 71.5°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
- 71.5°F
- Coldest month
- 26.6°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 Ola sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Ola's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 31st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Ola compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Ola's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 38°F (3°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 3.4" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 2.3" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 2.3" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.2" | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 21.3 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.6" | 18.2 | 0.2 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.3" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 3.9" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Ola works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 44 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 197 dates, bottoming at 15°F around January 3.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 8 through August 20, covering 44 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 9 to October 7.
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 22, then returns to freezing around October 9, covering 197 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 December 12, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 2 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 112 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 43°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Ola.
Where Ola Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 197 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 43°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Ola earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
13.8 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
14.7 days with precipitation
Ola's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 43% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 9%. 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 44.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 3.9"
- Driest month
- August, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, March (43% 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 Ola's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 112 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 22.5" 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 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
108 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,711
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
493
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Ola 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 (48°F here).
- Arnold, NE 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Avon, NY 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Belle Fourche, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Cascade, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (22.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Monument, CO 22.5" · 0.0" off
- Culbertson, NE 22.5" · 0.0" off
- Deer Park, WA 22.5" · 0.0" off
- Lipscomb, TX 22.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Ola's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Ola's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,711 annual heating degree days against 493 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 108 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 Ola's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.9°F. The annual average is 48°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Ola's 22.5 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Ola'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 Ola, 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 Ola's primary station: OLA (USC00106586). 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 Ola; 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 Ola 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.