Coeur d'Alene climate — normals and trends
Coeur d'Alene (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 840 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Coeur d'Alene averages 124 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Coeur d'Alene has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 143 to 105 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.5 °C (on 29 June 2021) and the coldest -29.2 °C (on 29 December 1990).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Coeur d'AleneIdaho
- coords
- 47.68°, -116.78°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.1°C
Average daily high
13.1°C
Average daily low
3.2°C
Annual rainfall
840mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
184.2 cm
Average feels-like high
10.6 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.3 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
42.5 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest day
-29.2 °C
29 December 1990
Wettest day
49 mm
22 December 1964
Windiest day
44.5 km/h
17 December 2025
Strongest gust
133.9 km/h
17 December 2025
Hottest feels-like
42.5 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-34.0 °C
1 January 1979
Snowiest day
23.7 cm
22 January 1954
Sunniest day
15.7 h
1 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 50 mm | -59 mm |
| Feb | 1.0 °C | -2.0 °C | 110 mm | +27 mm |
| Mar | 9.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 133 mm | +45 mm |
| Apr | 14.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 43 mm | -26 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 33 mm | -32 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +3.1 °C | 8 mm | -44 mm |
| Jul | 29.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 11 mm | -7 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 13 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +5.4 °C | 11 mm | -27 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 88 mm | +20 mm |
| Nov | 7.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 99 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +4.5 °C | 193 mm | +80 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Coeur d'Alene?
Coeur d'Alene has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.1 °C and it receives 840 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Coeur d'Alene?
The hottest day measured in Coeur d'Alene between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2021, reaching 42.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Coeur d'Alene?
The coldest day measured in Coeur d'Alene between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1990, at -29.2 °C.
Does it snow in Coeur d'Alene?
Yes. Coeur d'Alene gets on average 184.2 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Coeur d'Alene warmed?
Yes: Coeur d'Alene warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Coeur d'Alene?
The wettest day measured in Coeur d'Alene between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1964, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Coeur d'Alene?
The windiest day measured in Coeur d'Alene between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2025, with winds reaching 44.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Coeur d'Alene?
The warmest month in Coeur d'Alene is July (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Coeur d'Alene?
Coeur d'Alene receives on average 840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Coeur d'Alene?
Coeur d'Alene gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Coeur d'Alene?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Coeur d'Alene between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1954, with 23.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Coeur d'Alene?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Coeur d'Alene.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Coeur d'Alene?
In Coeur d'Alene, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 29 June 2021, and the lowest was -34.0 °C on 1 January 1979.
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