Soda Springs, ID Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Soda Springs's primary NOAA station, SODA SPRINGS AP.
The climate verdict for Soda Springs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Soda Springs, Idaho, with 15.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 42°F. July is the warmest month at 66°F and January the coldest at 21°F.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 15.7"
- annual precipitation
Soda Springs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00108535 · Soda Springs, ID 42°F mean · 15.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #686
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Picabo
- PRCP-DRY 15.7"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,396 HDD
- STN-1 USC00108535
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Picabo, ID (+ 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.
- Hot Jefferson, NH 43°F
- Near Small, ID 43°F
- Soda Springs (this station) 42°F
- Near Picabo, ID 42°F
- Near St Ignace, MI 42°F
Climate Living Index · Soda Springs
Soda Springs: 13/100 · grade F
Soda Springs publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Soda Springs, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.7 in · 19.3 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.4°F · 25.1° from 67.5°F | 10/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 223 calendar days | 4/100 · F |
Soda Springs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Soda Springs is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.2°F and warmest-month mean 66.0°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
- 66.0°F
- Coldest month
- 21.2°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 Soda Springs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Soda 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 90%
- Among 6,861 stations, Soda Springs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Soda Springs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 57th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 1.4" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.4" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.4" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.4" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.3" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.2" | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.1" | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| September | 74°F (24°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 12.7 | 0.2 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.8" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (1°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 1.2" | 29.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 223 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 9°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 6, then returns to freezing around September 27, covering 223 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 15, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 12 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 101 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Soda Springs.
Where Soda Springs Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 223 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 42°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Soda 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
10.7 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
Soda Springs spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Soda Springs has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.3" and November 0.8". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
Soda Springs is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 101 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 28% of the calendar, and they carry 15.7" 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 December at about 12 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.
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
8,396
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
180
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Soda 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 (42°F here).
- Astoria, SD 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Chinook, MT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Ridgeland, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Ruth, NV 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Busby, MT 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Las Vegas, NM 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Eads, CO 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Show Low, AZ 15.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Soda Springs's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Soda Springs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,396 annual heating degree days against 180 for cooling. Its 44.8°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 Soda Springs. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Soda Springs's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.8°F. The annual average is 42°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Soda Springs's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.7 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.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Soda Springs'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 Soda Springs, 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 Soda Springs's primary station: SODA SPRINGS AP (USC00108535). 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 1675195). Match rule for Soda Springs: 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 Soda 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.