Cost to Own
United StatesIdahoCamas CountyClimate Station FAIRFIELD RS, ID US Distance 11.1 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Camas County home comfortable runs roughly $460 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Camas County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

84.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 9.2°F.

Camas County gets 14.55" of precipitation a year, and 38% of it falls in Dec, Jan, Feb.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low Precip
January 27.3° 9.2° 2.11"
February 31.3° 11.7° 1.50"
March 40.7° 20.6° 1.61"
April 53.8° 30.1° 1.11"
May 64.5° 38.1° 1.60"
June 73.0° 43.3° 0.85"
July 84.0° 50.1° 0.38"
August 82.8° 48.3° 0.35"
September 73.8° 39.5° 0.70"
October 59.0° 30.1° 0.97"
November 41.7° 20.3° 1.39"
December 28.0° 10.0° 1.98"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 38% falling in the wettest three months (Dec, Jan, Feb).

January 2.11"
February 1.50"
March 1.61"
April 1.11"
May 1.60"
June 0.85"
July 0.38"
August 0.35"
September 0.70"
October 0.97"
November 1.39"
December 1.98"
Annual total 14.55"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 216
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,519
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.37¢/kWh, Idaho average $31
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $428

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Camas County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Camas County?

Camas County averages a high of 84.0°F in July and a low of 9.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 14.55 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Camas County?

The wettest stretch is Dec, Jan, Feb, which accounts for 38% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Camas County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 84.0°F. That drives 216 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Camas County?

The weather station used for Camas County, FAIRFIELD RS, ID US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 14.55 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station FAIRFIELD RS, ID US (USC00103108), 11.1 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Idaho residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.