Sandpoint Exp Stn, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sandpoint Exp Stn's primary NOAA station, SANDPOINT EXP STN.
The climate verdict for Sandpoint Exp Stn
Sandpoint Exp Stn, Idaho has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 34.0"
- annual precipitation · 62" snow
- 143 days
- frost-free growing season
Sandpoint Exp Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00108137 · Sandpoint Exp Stn, ID 46°F mean · 34.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Trout Creek Ran…
- PRCP-MID 34.0"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,087 HDD
- STN-1 USC00108137
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Trout Creek Ranger Station, 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.
- Sandpoint (this station) 46°F
- Hot Newport, WA 46°F
- Near Trout Creek Ran…, MT 46°F
- Near Enterprise, OR 46°F
- Near Saint Regis, MT 46°F
Climate Living Index · Sandpoint Exp Stn
Sandpoint Exp Stn: 40/100 · grade D
Sandpoint 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 Sandpoint Exp Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 34.0 in · 1.0 from 35 in | 94/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 158 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.1°F · 21.4° from 67.5°F | 24/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 143 days/year | 20/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 62.0 inches/year | 14/100 · F |
Sandpoint Exp Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sandpoint Exp Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 28.1°F and warmest-month mean 66.7°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
- 66.7°F
- Coldest month
- 28.1°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 Sandpoint Exp Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sandpoint 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 77%
- Among 6,861 stations, Sandpoint Exp Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 46th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sandpoint Exp Stn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sandpoint Exp Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sandpoint Exp Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 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
Sandpoint Exp Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 84 complete annual observations from 1911 to 2023, SANDPOINT EXP STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Sandpoint Exp Stn primary station fitted change +0.04 °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 | 34°F (1°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 4.3" | 20.9" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (4°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 2.9" | 8.4" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.6" | 6.5" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.4" | 0.5" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.9 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 4.7" | 6.4" | 21.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 4.6" | 19.3" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 158 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near December 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 31, then returns to freezing around October 26, covering 158 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 January 4, when 51% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 1 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sandpoint Exp Stn.
Where Sandpoint Exp Stn Stands Nationally
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Sandpoint Exp Stn 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 and snowfall
Snow: 20.9"
15.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.4"
12.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.5"
13.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
11.6 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
10.8 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.3"
15.2 days with precipitation
Sandpoint Exp Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 13% of the annual total and December through February 35%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Sandpoint Exp Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 4.7" and August 0.8". 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.
How Sandpoint Exp Stn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 134 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 34.0" between them, or roughly 0.25 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 Sandpoint Exp Stn
Sandpoint Exp Stn averages 62.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 31 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: 62.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 31 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 18% 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 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
143 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,087
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
233
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Sandpoint 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 (46°F here).
- Burlington, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Colstrip, MT 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Cottonwood, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Deaver, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (34.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gladwin, MI 34.0" · 0.0" off
- Lindsay, OK 34.0" · 0.0" off
- Winnebago, MN 34.0" · 0.0" off
- Sandusky, OH 34.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Sandpoint Exp Stn
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Sandpoint Exp Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,087 annual heating degree days against 233 for cooling. Its 38.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 143 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. Sandpoint Exp Stn 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. Sandpoint Exp Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Sandpoint Exp Stn snow peak
January
Sandpoint Exp Stn averages 62.0 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Sandpoint Exp Stn's primary station: SANDPOINT EXP STN (USC00108137). 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 Sandpoint 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 Sandpoint 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.