Cost to Own
United StatesIdahoClark CountyClimate Station SMALL 6N, ID US Distance 2.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Clark County home comfortable runs roughly $452 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Clark County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

83.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 10.9°F.

Clark County gets 12.48" of precipitation a year, and 35% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

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 28.5° 10.9° 0.85"
February 32.2° 13.4° 0.86"
March 43.2° 22.9° 0.80"
April 54.3° 30.0° 1.08"
May 64.6° 38.4° 1.79"
June 72.9° 43.9° 1.54"
July 83.3° 50.8° 0.81"
August 82.3° 49.2° 0.78"
September 70.9° 41.4° 0.97"
October 54.7° 30.4° 0.97"
November 39.8° 20.1° 0.80"
December 29.1° 12.2° 1.23"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 35% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 0.85"
February 0.86"
March 0.80"
April 1.08"
May 1.79"
June 1.54"
July 0.81"
August 0.78"
September 0.97"
October 0.97"
November 0.80"
December 1.23"
Annual total 12.48"

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 208
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,387
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.37¢/kWh, Idaho average $30
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $422

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 Clark County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Clark County?

Clark County averages a high of 83.3°F in July and a low of 10.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 12.48 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Clark County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 35% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Clark County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 83.3°F. That drives 208 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Clark County?

The weather station used for Clark County, SMALL 6N, 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 12.48 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 SMALL 6N, ID US (USC00108500), 2.7 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.