Geography and Climate
The elevation of Idaho Falls is 4,700 feet (1,400 m).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 17.4 square miles (45 km2), of which, 17.1 square miles (44 km2) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) of it (1.67%) is water.
Idaho Falls experiences a continental climate (Köppen Dfb). with cold winters and warm, dry summers.
| Climate data for Idaho Falls, ID | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 57 (14) |
63 (17) |
75 (24) |
85 (29) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
104 (40) |
100 (38) |
95 (35) |
87 (31) |
73 (23) |
60 (16) |
104 (40) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 29.7 (−1.3) |
36.6 (2.6) |
47.6 (8.7) |
58.7 (14.8) |
67.9 (19.9) |
77.8 (25.4) |
86.0 (30.0) |
85.8 (29.9) |
75.1 (23.9) |
61.4 (16.3) |
43.0 (6.1) |
31.3 (−0.4) |
58.41 (14.67) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 21.1 (−6.1) |
26.7 (−2.9) |
36.2 (2.3) |
45.0 (7.2) |
53.3 (11.8) |
61.9 (16.6) |
68.7 (20.4) |
67.9 (19.9) |
58.2 (14.6) |
46.8 (8.2) |
33.1 (0.6) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
45.11 (7.28) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 12.5 (−10.8) |
16.8 (−8.4) |
24.8 (−4.0) |
31.3 (−0.4) |
38.7 (3.7) |
46.0 (7.8) |
51.4 (10.8) |
49.9 (9.9) |
41.3 (5.2) |
32.2 (0.1) |
23.2 (−4.9) |
13.4 (−10.3) |
31.79 (−0.12) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) |
−34 (−37) |
−15 (−26) |
9 (−13) |
20 (−7) |
28 (−2) |
34 (1) |
31 (−1) |
18 (−8) |
7 (−14) |
−12 (−24) |
−29 (−34) |
−34 (−37) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 1.25 (31.8) |
1.01 (25.7) |
1.33 (33.8) |
1.27 (32.3) |
2.01 (51.1) |
1.18 (30) |
0.74 (18.8) |
0.93 (23.6) |
0.94 (23.9) |
1.12 (28.4) |
1.17 (29.7) |
1.26 (32) |
14.21 (360.9) |
| Source #1: NOAA (normals, 1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: The Weather Channel (Records) | |||||||||||||
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