Ponderay weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ponderay, Idaho: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at SANDPOINT EXP STATION, 2 km from Ponderay; records cover 1910–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34 in864 mm
- Snow a year
- 62 in157 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 7,086
- Cooling degree days
- 233
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 3°−16° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ponderay in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 23°−5°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1919)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1139
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in February
Highs average 38°4° and lows 24°−5°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1995)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 951
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1915)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 852
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 35°1°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1977)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 598
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°5°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1936)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 351
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Ponderay in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2021)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 186
- Cooling degree days
- 25
Ponderay in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 52°11°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2021)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 108
Ponderay in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 50°10°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2023)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 59
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Ponderay in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 42°6°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1938)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 248
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Ponderay in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1932)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 614
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 29°−2°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1975)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 890
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ponderay in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 23°−5°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1917)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1142
- Cooling degree days
- 0