Yellowpine, Idaho climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Yellowpine's normal year runs from 15°F December nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 24.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.6°C, December lows of −10°C, July highs of 30°C, 611 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYellowpine
- Station IDUSC00109950
- Location44.96°N 115.50°W
- Elevation5,050 ft (1,539 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Yellowpine is 56°F and the normal low 28°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 37%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yellowpine.
- Jan 36° 12°
- Feb 40° 16°
- Mar 46° 23°
- Apr 56° 29°
- May 64° 35°
- Jun 74° 42°
- Jul 87° 45°
- Aug 87° 45°
- Sep 76° 37°
- Oct 59° 30°
- Nov 43° 22°
- Dec 34° 15°
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 Yellowpine each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in December (2.97 in), the least in August (0.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 12°F | 24.2°F | 2.69 | 12 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 40°F | 16°F | 28.2°F | 1.97 | 13 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 46°F | 23°F | 34.6°F | 2.67 | 15 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 29°F | 42.3°F | 2.10 | 12 | <1 | 23 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 35°F | 49.7°F | 1.79 | 11 | <1 | 9 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 74°F | 42°F | 57.7°F | 2.13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 87°F | 45°F | 65.8°F | 0.91 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 87°F | 45°F | 65.5°F | 0.71 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 76°F | 37°F | 56.8°F | 1.33 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 30°F | 44.7°F | 2.05 | 12 | <1 | 21 | 11 h |
| November | 43°F | 22°F | 32.5°F | 2.72 | 12 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 34°F | 15°F | 24.1°F | 2.97 | 15 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 29°F | 43.9°F | 24.04 | 130 | 30 | 206 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −11°C | −4.3°C | 68 mm |
| February | 5°C | −9°C | −2.1°C | 50 mm |
| March | 8°C | −5°C | 1.4°C | 68 mm |
| April | 13°C | −2°C | 5.7°C | 53 mm |
| May | 18°C | 2°C | 9.8°C | 45 mm |
| June | 23°C | 5°C | 14.3°C | 54 mm |
| July | 30°C | 7°C | 18.8°C | 23 mm |
| August | 30°C | 7°C | 18.6°C | 18 mm |
| September | 25°C | 3°C | 13.8°C | 34 mm |
| October | 15°C | −1°C | 7.1°C | 52 mm |
| November | 6°C | −5°C | 0.3°C | 69 mm |
| December | 1°C | −10°C | −4.4°C | 75 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00109950; 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 Yellowpine?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00109950.
When is the last frost at Yellowpine?
In Yellowpine, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 12 in half of years and after July 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 11 in half of years and before August 26 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
- June 121 year in 10 after July 5; 9 in 10 after May 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 111 year in 10 before August 26; 9 in 10 before September 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 88 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 127 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 16 in half of springs and before September 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yellowpine in zone 5a in ZIP code 83677, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Idaho · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00109950; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Yellowpine?
In a normal year in Yellowpine, 30 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 206 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 130 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 206a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 29high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 130a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1926) is 104°F, on June 29, 2015; the lowest is −35°F, on January 1, 1979.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 33.26 in; the snowiest season is 1973–74, with 157.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00109950; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00109950. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Yellowpine?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Yellowpine, 4.3 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (58%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 64% | 1.6 |
| February | 66% | 2.6 |
| March | 65% | 3.6 |
| April | 70% | 5.1 |
| May | 71% | 6.0 |
| June | 78% | 7.0 |
| July | 89% | 7.7 |
| August | 87% | 6.5 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 73% | 3.1 |
| November | 64% | 1.8 |
| December | 58% | 1.3 |
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 Yellowpine record?
A normal year at Yellowpine brings 7,878 heating degree days, 47% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 198 cooling degree days, 78% 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 1,601 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,266 | 0 |
| February | 1,029 | 0 |
| March | 941 | 0 |
| April | 680 | 0 |
| May | 476 | 0 |
| June | 238 | 19 |
| July | 62 | 88 |
| August | 61 | 78 |
| September | 257 | 12 |
| October | 629 | 0 |
| November | 974 | 0 |
| December | 1,266 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,878 | 198 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00109950. 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.
Have recent years at Yellowpine been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 46.4°F, 2.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45.3°F | +1.4°F | 19.65 |
| 2022 | 43.2°F | −0.7°F | 19.99 |
| 2023 | 44.0°F | +0.1°F | 19.60 |
| 2024 | 45.8°F | +1.9°F | 22.14 |
| 2025 | 46.4°F | +2.5°F | 26.40 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00109950. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yellowpine's climate compare?
Yellowpine is warmer than 23 of the 85 places with their own NOAA record in Idaho, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.9°F is warmer than 15%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yellowpine is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, 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.
Which places near Yellowpine share this climate record?
Yellow Pine has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Yellow Pine, ID369 people · 1 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Yellowpine's climate
What is the coldest month at Yellowpine?
December, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 45°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Yellowpine?
December, with 2.97 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yellowpine in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yellowpine in zone 5a in ZIP code 83677, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Yellowpine?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 12; in one year in ten it comes after July 5. Waiting until July 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Idaho climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Warren, ID23 miles from this station, 38.3°F a year
- Middle Fork Lodge, ID29 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- McCall, ID30 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Taylor Ranch, ID33 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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