Challis, ID: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 31.3°F in Challis, ID, the warmest winter since 1934 (winter 1959 excluded: 22 of 90 days missing; winter 1983 excluded: 16 of 90 days missing; winter 1988 excluded: 12 of 91 days missing; 8 more winters excluded for missing days), 2nd warmest of 100.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 31.3°F; Warmest since 1934; 2nd warmest of 100
Precipitation: 1.27 in; Wettest since 2025; 52nd wettest of 104

A normal winter in Challis, ID (1991 to 2020): 1.22 in of precipitation, between 0.60 in and 1.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Challis, ID since 1896: 31.3°F in 2026; the highest is 32.2°F, in 1934.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Challis, ID from 1895 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	31.3	2	42.2	2	20.5	2	1.27	52	0
2025	23.6	38	34.4	33	12.7	44	1.50	37	0
2024	24.4	29	34.2	39	14.6	27	1.48	39	9
2023	16.5	89	27.3	90	5.6	94	1.51	35	0
2022					11.9	50	0.71	87	10
2021	21.1	59	32.1	55	10.1	68	1.14	63	0
2020	19.3	76	30.4	74	8.2	83	1.77	19	0
2019	20.4	70	31.3	65	9.5	75	1.58	29	0
2018	27.3	12	37.8	12	16.8	15	0.60	94	0
2017	13	99	23.1	100	2.9	105	3.81	2	0
2016	20	72	30.2	78	9.9	71	1.48	39	0
2015	28	7	36.7	16	19.3	3	1.28	51	0
2014	22.3	48	33.1	46	11.5	54	1.37	47	0
2013	20.6	68	31.6	62	9.6	74	1.22	56	0
2012	23.7	36	35.4	24	11.9	50	0.67	90	0
2011	19.9	73	29.4	82	10.4	67	1.36	48	0
2010	20.7	67	30.6	73	10.7	63	0.61	93	0
2009	23.4	42	33.5	42	13.3	36	1.26	53	0
2008	20.8	66	31.7	60	10.1	68	0.71	87	3
2007	23.1	44	32.8	49	13.5	33	0.96	70	2
2006	18.4	82	28.8	86	8.2	83	1.64	24	7
2005	24.3	31	35.7	22	12.9	43	0.47	98	0
2004	20.6	68	30.2	78	11.3	58	0.94	71	2
2003	26	17	34.6	29	17.5	10	0.81	79	0
2002	15.3	92	25.7	96	4.9	98	0.88	73	0
2001	14.7	95	25.7	96	3.7	102	0.59	95	0
2000					13	40	1.61	26	16
1999	21.9	51	31.6	62	12.2	46	1.44	42	0
1996					16.9	14			23
1995					15.3	22	1.68	23	23
1994	27	14	37.7	13	16.2	18	0.55	96	7
1993					7.9	85	1.53	34	14
1992					17.1	12	0.73	84	12
1991	22.5	46	33.5	42	11.4	56	0.64	91	0
1990	28.3	6	38.8	6	17.7	9	0.55	96	1
1989	18	83	30	80	6.4	93			4
1988							1.07	65	12
1987	23.3	43	34.4	33	12.4	45	0.69	89	2
1986	17.3	85	27.3	90	7.4	88	2.25	12	0
1985	15	93	26.5	94	3.8	101	0.63	92	2
1984	14.1	98	24	99	4.3	100	1.56	31	8
1983			34.8	27			1.40	44	16
1982	21.3	58	31.3	65	10.6	64	1.70	22	6
1981	28.9	4	39.4	3	18.6	5	1.17	62	1
1980	24.9	21	34.5	32	15.1	24	2.03	14	5
1979	16	91	26.6	93	5.4	95	1.58	29	1
1978	25.2	19	34	41	16.4	16	2.01	15	0
1977	24	34	36.7	16	11.4	56	0.24	103	5
1976	23.7	36	34.2	39	13.2	39	1.38	46	1
1975	21.6	55	31.3	65	11.5	54	1.39	45	1
1974	23.5	40	33.1	46	14	29	1.29	50	1
1973	21.1	59	31.6	62	10	70	0.47	98	6
1972	22	50	31.9	59	12	48	1.89	18	0
1971	24.9	21	34.6	29	15.2	23	1.59	27	0
1970	29	3	38.9	5	19	4	1.20	58	1
1969	24.9	21	34.3	38	15.5	20	2.60	8	0
1968	23.6	38	33.4	45	13.6	32	0.99	68	1
1967	27.3	12	36.6	19	18.1	6	1.92	17	0
1966	25.4	18	35.3	26	15.4	21	1.00	67	1
1965	24.5	27	32.7	51	16.4	16	4.87	1	0
1964	19.8	74	30.4	74	9.1	77	0.06	104	3
1963	27.9	8	38.2	9	17	13	1.41	43	2
1962	21	61	30.7	71	11.3	58	1.01	66	0
1961	26.6	16	38.2	9	15	26	0.34	102	3
1960	18.8	79	29.1	85	8.3	82	1.33	49	3
1959									22
1958	22.3	48	32.8	49	11.8	53	1.21	57	5
1957	20.9	64	32.1	55	9.9	71	0.86	76	6
1956	21	61	30.8	70	11.2	61	2.70	6	3
1955	17.3	85	28.6	87	6.6	90	0.74	82	9
1954	28.5	5	39	4	18.1	6	1.18	61	0
1953	27.4	11	36.8	15	18	8	2.22	13	2
1952	18.8	79	30.9	69	6.7	89	1.56	31	0
1951	23.9	35	34.4	33	13.3	36	1.73	20	0
1950	24.4	29	35.4	24	13.4	35	1.25	54	0
1949	11.6	100	23	101	0.2	106	1.46	41	0
1948	24.9	21	35.7	22	14.3	28	0.86	76	6
1947	24.1	32	34.4	33	13.7	31	0.86	76	0
1946	22.5	46	33.1	46	12	48	0.98	69	0
1945	23	45	34.8	27	11.2	61	0.88	73	0
1944	21	61	32.4	54	9.5	75	0.87	75	0
1943	20.9	64	32	57	9.9	71	3.31	3	0
1942	17.2	87	27.9	89	6.5	91	1.62	25	0
1941	24.9	21	36.7	16	13	40	1.09	64	0
1940	27.5	10	38.7	7	16.2	18	1.24	55	0
1939	24.1	32	36	21	12.1	47	0.44	100	0
1938	24.8	26	36.3	20	13.3	36	1.51	35	0
1937	16.1	90	27.3	90	5	97	0.72	85	0
1936	18.8	79	29.8	81	7.5	86	1.20	58	2
1935	25.1	20	37.2	14	13	40	0.44	100	0
1934	32.2	1	42.8	1	21.8	1	0.93	72	4
1933	16.6	88	28.4	88	4.5	99	0.74	82	6
1932					5.1	96	0.78	81	48
1931	17.9	84	29.3	84	6.5	91	0.79	80	0
1930	21.7	52	32	57	11.3	58	3.17	4	1
1929	14.9	94	26.2	95	3.6	103	2.31	9	0
1928	20.1	71	31.7	60	8.6	81	0.72	85	5
1927	24.5	27	34.6	29	14	29			3
1926									31
1925	21.6	55	31.2	68	11.9	50			0
1924	21.7	52	32.7	51	10.6	64			4
1923	21.5	57	32.6	53	10.5	66	1.54	33	0
1922	14.2	97	25.1	98	3.4	104	1.50	37	0
1921	23.5	40	33.5	42	13.5	33	1.20	58	2
1920	19	78	30.4	74	7.5	86			0
1919	21.7	52	34.4	33	9	78	1.59	27	0
1918	27.6	9	38.1	11	17.2	11	2.00	16	0
1917	19.1	77	29.4	82	8.8	80	2.61	7	1
1916	19.7	75	30.3	77	9	78	2.27	10	2
1915	14.4	96	30.7	71	-1.8	107	2.27	10	1
1914									34
1902									32
1901									36
1900									31
1899									62
1898							2.72	5	31
1896	26.9	15	38.6	8	15.1	24	1.71	21	2
1895									33

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	32.2
2026	31.3
1970	29
1981	28.9
1954	28.5
1990	28.3
2015	28
1963	27.9
1918	27.6
1940	27.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	11.6
2017	13
1984	14.1
1922	14.2
1915	14.4
2001	14.7
1929	14.9
1985	15
2002	15.3
1979	16

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	4.87
2017	3.81
1943	3.31
1930	3.17
1898	2.72
1956	2.70
1917	2.61
1969	2.60
1929	2.31
1916	2.27
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	0.06
1977	0.24
1961	0.34
1939	0.44
1935	0.44
2005	0.47
1973	0.47
1994	0.55
1990	0.55
2001	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 60°F; 11 December 2025
Coldest night: 1°F; 24 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.38 in; 21 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 1.27 in of precipitation in Challis, ID, the wettest winter since 2025, 52nd wettest of 104.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Challis, ID: 60°F on Thursday 11 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Challis, ID: a low of 1°F on Saturday 24 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Challis, ID: 0.38 in on Sunday 21 December 2025.