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Has the climate in Pocatello changed?

Pocatello has warmed about 1.2°F since 2005.

About 0.6°F per decade, measured from Pocatello's official daily weather records, 2005–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Pocatello's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
135 / yr
Recent
135 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
+0.9°F
1970s
49.5°F
Recent
50.4°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
6 more days
1970s
41 / yr
Recent
47 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
about the same
1970s
86 / yr
Recent
85 / yr
Rainfall pattern about the same

Pocatello's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2005 to 2025.

47°49°51°53°55°2005: 49.3°F2006: 50.6°F2007: 49.5°F2008: 49.2°F2009: 50.2°F2010: 49.4°F2011: 48.2°F2012: 52.4°F2013: 52.3°F2014: 52.3°F2015: 53.8°F2016: 50.5°F2017: 50.4°F2018: 51.1°F2019: 48.1°F2020: 50.8°F2021: 51.7°F2022: 49.4°F2023: 49.1°F2024: 51.1°F2025: 52.8°Flong-term trend2005201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Pocatello City (NOAA GHCN station USC00107210), inside the city.

How we build these numbers →