Twin Falls, 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 Twin Falls's primary NOAA station, TWIN FALLS 6 E.
The climate verdict for Twin Falls
Dryness leads the climate profile for Twin Falls, Idaho, with 10.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 49°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.8"
- annual precipitation · 24" snow
- 150 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Twin Falls: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00109303 · Twin Falls, ID 49°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 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,401
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Colville
- PRCP-ARID 10.8"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,318 HDD
- STN-1 USC00109303
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Colville, WA (+ 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.
- Twin Falls (this station) 49°F
- Cold Coeur D'alene, ID 49°F
- Hot Cortez Montezum…, CO 49°F
- Near Colville, WA 49°F
- Near Johnstown Cambr…, PA 49°F
Climate Living Index · Twin Falls
Twin Falls: 35/100 · grade F
Twin Falls publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Twin Falls, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 148 calendar days | 48/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 24.2 inches/year | 44/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.9°F · 18.6° from 67.5°F | 36/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 150 days/year | 25/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.8 in · 24.2 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
Twin Falls · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Twin Falls'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
- 70.8°F
- Coldest month
- 29.2°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 Twin Falls sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Twin Falls's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 35th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Twin Falls's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 42nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Twin Falls compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Twin Falls's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 1.2" | 7.8" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.8" | 5.5" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 1.9" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.2" | 0.5" | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.6 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.8" | 0.5" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.0" | 2.0" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.4" | 6.0" | 28.4 | 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 148 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 24, then returns to freezing around October 29, covering 148 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 23, when 34% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 3 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 86 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 Twin Falls.
Where Twin Falls Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Twin Falls 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: 7.8"
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
10.1 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.0"
10.3 days with precipitation
Twin Falls 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 32%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Twin Falls has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.4" and July 0.2". The three wettest months together take 38% 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.
Twin Falls is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 86 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 23% of the calendar, and they carry 10.8" between them. At roughly 0.13 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 January at about 11 wet days; the driest is August at about 3.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Twin Falls
Twin Falls averages 24.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 20 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: 24.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 20 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 22% 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
October 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,318
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
462
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ID closest to Twin Falls 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 (49°F here).
- Armour, SD 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Basin, WY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Castle Dale, UT 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Colville, WA 49°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
- Tularosa, NM 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Hatton, WA 10.8" · 0.0" off
- Joplin, MT 10.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Twin Falls
heating led · dry · mid swing
Twin Falls's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,318 annual heating degree days against 462 for cooling. Its 41.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Twin Falls's frost-free season lasts about 150 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Twin Falls coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 29°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Twin Falls typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Twin Falls snow peak
January
Twin Falls averages 24.2 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 Twin Falls's primary station: TWIN FALLS 6 E (USC00109303). 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 1682810). Match rule for Twin Falls: 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 Twin Falls 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.