Paul, 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 Paul's primary NOAA station, PAUL 1ENE.
The climate verdict for Paul
Dryness leads the climate profile for Paul, Idaho, with 10.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°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.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.8"
- precipitation, annual total
- 153 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Paul: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00106877 · Paul, ID 47°F mean · 10.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,852
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wellington
- PRCP-ARID 10.8"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,962 HDD
- STN-1 USC00106877
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wellington, UT (+ 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.
- Paul (this station) 47°F
- Cold Cape Neddick, ME 47°F
- Hot Wellington, UT 47°F
- Near Titusville Wtr…, PA 47°F
- Near Cheyenne, WY 47°F
Climate Living Index · Paul
Paul: 27/100 · grade F
Paul publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Paul, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 168 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 153 days/year | 28/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.0°F · 20.5° from 67.5°F | 27/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.8 in · 24.2 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
Paul · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Paul's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 70.4°F
- Coldest month
- 26.3°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 Paul sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Paul's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 73%
- Among 6,861 stations, Paul sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Paul's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 54th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Paul compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Paul'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
Paul's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 49 complete annual observations from 1949 to 2016, PAUL 1ENE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.20°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Paul primary station fitted change +0.20 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33°F (1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.3" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 2.5 | 0.2 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 0.1 | 3.1 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 13.1 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.8" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.9" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.2" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 168 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 8, then returns to freezing around October 24, covering 168 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 8, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 7 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 78 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Paul.
Where Paul Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Paul earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.1 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
Paul spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 12% of the annual total and December through February 30%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Paul has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.7" and July 0.3". The three wettest months together take 39% 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.
Paul is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 77 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 10.8" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 December at about 11 wet days; the driest is July at about 2.
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 6
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
153 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,962
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
413
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Paul 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 (47°F here).
- Alma, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Anamosa, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Audubon, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Timber, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Boulder, MT 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Joplin, MT 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Tularosa, NM 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Hatton, WA 10.8" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Paul's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Paul's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,962 annual heating degree days against 413 for cooling. Its 44.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Paul's frost-free season lasts about 153 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Paul's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.1°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Paul's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 10.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Paul wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (10.8 inches).
Paul driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Paul's primary station: PAUL 1ENE (USC00106877). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1661210). Match rule for Paul: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Paul 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.