Taylor Ranch, Idaho climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Taylor Ranch's normal year runs from 17°F December nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 14.9 inches of precipitation and 31 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.7°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 378 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTaylor Ranch
- Station IDUSC00109000
- Location45.10°N 114.85°W
- Elevation3,835 ft (1,169 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Taylor Ranch is 54°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 28%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Taylor Ranch.
- Jan 31° 16°
- Feb 38° 19°
- Mar 50° 27°
- Apr 59° 33°
- May 68° 40°
- Jun 76° 45°
- Jul 88° 51°
- Aug 87° 50°
- Sep 76° 42°
- Oct 58° 33°
- Nov 41° 25°
- Dec 30° 17°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Taylor Ranch each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in May (1.84 in), the least in August (0.69 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 16°F | 23.6°F | 1.21 | 9.4 | 10 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 38°F | 19°F | 28.9°F | 0.87 | 5.3 | 7 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 50°F | 27°F | 38.2°F | 1.07 | 3.0 | 10 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 33°F | 45.8°F | 1.49 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 68°F | 40°F | 53.9°F | 1.84 | 0.2 | 13 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 76°F | 45°F | 60.9°F | 1.73 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 88°F | 51°F | 69.7°F | 0.99 | 0.0 | 7 | 15 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 50°F | 68.4°F | 0.69 | 0.0 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 76°F | 42°F | 58.7°F | 1.10 | 0.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 33°F | 45.5°F | 1.36 | 0.2 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 25°F | 32.7°F | 1.44 | 4.7 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 30°F | 17°F | 23.5°F | 1.09 | 8.1 | 11 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 33°F | 45.8°F | 14.88 | 31.2 | 111 | 34 | 183 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −9°C | −4.7°C | 31 mm | 24 cm |
| February | 4°C | −7°C | −1.7°C | 22 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 10°C | −3°C | 3.4°C | 27 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 15°C | 0°C | 7.7°C | 38 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20°C | 4°C | 12.2°C | 47 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 25°C | 7°C | 16.1°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 11°C | 20.9°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 10°C | 20.2°C | 18 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 5°C | 14.8°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 35 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.4°C | 37 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −1°C | −8°C | −4.7°C | 28 mm | 21 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00109000; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Taylor Ranch?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00109000.
When is the last frost at Taylor Ranch?
In Taylor Ranch, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 11 in half of years and after June 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 30 in half of years and before September 15 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 111 year in 10 after June 1; 9 in 10 after April 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 301 year in 10 before September 15; 9 in 10 before October 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 140 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 174 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 23 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Taylor Ranch in zone 5a in ZIP code 83611, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (22 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Idaho · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00109000; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Taylor Ranch?
In a normal year in Taylor Ranch, 34 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 183 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 111 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 34a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 183a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 46high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 111a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1974) is 107°F, on July 12, 2002; the lowest is −21°F, on February 4, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 20.72 in; the snowiest season is 1998–99, with 56.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00109000; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00109000. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Taylor Ranch?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Taylor Ranch, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and December the cloudiest (58%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 1.6 |
| February | 67% | 2.5 |
| March | 68% | 3.7 |
| April | 70% | 5.1 |
| May | 70% | 5.9 |
| June | 74% | 6.6 |
| July | 87% | 7.4 |
| August | 85% | 6.2 |
| September | 80% | 4.6 |
| October | 70% | 2.9 |
| November | 62% | 1.7 |
| December | 58% | 1.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Taylor Ranch record?
A normal year at Taylor Ranch brings 7,346 heating degree days, 37% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 376 cooling degree days, 59% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,029 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,282 | 0 |
| February | 1,011 | 0 |
| March | 831 | 0 |
| April | 578 | 0 |
| May | 351 | 5 |
| June | 162 | 40 |
| July | 31 | 175 |
| August | 34 | 139 |
| September | 207 | 18 |
| October | 605 | 0 |
| November | 969 | 0 |
| December | 1,288 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,346 | 376 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00109000. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Taylor Ranch's climate compare?
Taylor Ranch is warmer than 35 of the 85 places with their own NOAA record in Idaho, and wetter than 41. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.8°F is warmer than 23%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Taylor Ranch is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Taylor Ranch's climate
What is the coldest month at Taylor Ranch?
December, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow at Taylor Ranch?
Yes: 31 inches in a normal year, falling on 28 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (9.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Taylor Ranch?
May, with 1.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.69 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Taylor Ranch in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Taylor Ranch in zone 5a in ZIP code 83611, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Taylor Ranch?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 11; in one year in ten it comes after June 1. Waiting until June 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Idaho climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Middle Fork Lodge, ID27 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Yellowpine, ID33 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Shoup, ID34 miles from this station, 47.8°F a year
- Yellowpine Bar, ID36 miles from this station, 49.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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