Priest Rvr Exp Stn, 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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn's primary NOAA station, PRIEST RVR EXP STN.
The climate verdict for Priest Rvr Exp Stn
Priest Rvr Exp Stn, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 32.6"
- annual precipitation · 74" snow
- 116 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Priest Rvr Exp Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00107386 · Priest Rvr Exp Stn, ID 45°F mean · 32.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ El Vado Dam
- PRCP-MID 32.6"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,538 HDD
- STN-1 USC00107386
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: El Vado Dam, NM (+ 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.
- Priest Rvr (this station) 45°F
- Cold Winchester, ID 45°F
- Hot Arthur, NV 45°F
- Near El Vado Dam, NM 45°F
- Near Elk Rvr, ID 45°F
Climate Living Index · Priest Rvr Exp Stn
Priest Rvr Exp Stn: 29/100 · grade F
Priest Rvr Exp Stn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Priest Rvr Exp Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 32.6 in · 2.4 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 189 calendar days | 20/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.7°F · 22.8° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 73.9 inches/year | 8/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 116 days/year | 5/100 · F |
Priest Rvr Exp Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Priest Rvr Exp Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 26.5°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
- 26.5°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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Priest Rvr Exp Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Priest Rvr Exp Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 43rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 31st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Priest Rvr Exp Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Priest Rvr Exp Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Priest Rvr Exp Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 111 complete annual observations from 1901 to 2024, PRIEST RVR EXP STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Priest Rvr Exp Stn primary station fitted change +0.11 °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 | 32°F (0°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.0" | 21.8" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 2.6" | 11.3" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.4" | 5.4" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.5" | 0.3" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 7.1 | 0.2 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 1.3 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.8 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 7.3 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 5.9 | 0.8 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.9" | 0.2" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 38°F (4°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 4.2" | 9.2" | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (-1°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.5" | 25.7" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 189 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 21, then returns to freezing around October 16, covering 189 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 18, when 54% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 31 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 142 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Priest Rvr Exp Stn.
Where Priest Rvr Exp Stn Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°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 189 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Priest Rvr Exp Stn 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: 21.8"
16.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.3"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
13.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
13.0 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
12.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.2"
15.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 25.7"
16.5 days with precipitation
Priest Rvr Exp Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 14% of the annual total and December through February 34%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Priest Rvr Exp Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 4.5" and August 0.9". 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.
How Priest Rvr Exp Stn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 142 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 32.6" between them, or roughly 0.23 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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn
Priest Rvr Exp Stn averages 73.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 38 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: 73.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 38 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 23% 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
September 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
116 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,538
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
157
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Priest Rvr Exp Stn 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).
- Arlington, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Buena Vista, CO 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Canby, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Evergreen, CO 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (32.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jim Falls, WI 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Fort Worth, TX 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, WI 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Jacksboro, TX 32.7" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Priest Rvr Exp Stn
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Priest Rvr Exp Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,538 annual heating degree days against 157 for cooling. Its 38.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 116 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.
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1. Priest Rvr Exp Stn coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Priest Rvr Exp Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Priest Rvr Exp Stn snow peak
December
Priest Rvr Exp Stn averages 73.9 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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn's primary station: PRIEST RVR EXP STN (USC00107386). 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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn; 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 Priest Rvr Exp Stn 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.