Orofino weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Orofino, Idaho: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Dworshak Fish Hatchery, 6 km from Orofino; records cover 1903–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 26.1 in663 mm
- Snow a year
- 18 in44 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 18
- First fall freeze
- Oct 20
- Heating degree days
- 5,459
- Cooling degree days
- 626
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 12°−11° (heating, 99%) and 102°39° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Orofino in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1945)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 966
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orofino in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1968)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 771
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orofino in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°0°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1960)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 659
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orofino in April
Highs average 63°17° and lows 38°3°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1910)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 444
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Orofino in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 45°7°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 230
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Orofino in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 51°10°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (2021)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 90
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Orofino in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 55°13°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1934)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 234
Orofino in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 54°12°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1961)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 230
Orofino in September
Highs average 80°27° and lows 48°9°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1938)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 106
- Cooling degree days
- 69
Orofino in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1907)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 437
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Orofino in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 33°0°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1903)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 750
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Orofino in December
Highs average 39°4° and lows 28°−2°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1932)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 982
- Cooling degree days
- 0