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Has the climate in Twin Falls changed?

Twin Falls has warmed about 3.7°F between 1980 and 2010.

About 1.2°F per decade, measured from Twin Falls's official daily weather records, 1980–2010. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Twin Falls's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

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
27 fewer nights
1970s
153 / yr
Recent
126 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+3.0°F
1970s
48.7°F
Recent
51.7°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
21 more days
1970s
32 / yr
Recent
53 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
17 fewer days
1970s
73 / yr
Recent
56 / yr
Drier on average

Twin Falls's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1980 to 2010.

43°45°47°49°51°53°55°1980: 50.9°F1981: 50.0°F1982: 46.9°F1983: 49.0°F1984: 46.3°F1985: 44.3°F1986: 49.6°F1987: 50.1°F1988: 50.5°F1989: 49.0°F1990: 49.8°F1991: 49.7°F1992: 51.3°F1993: 46.8°F1994: 50.4°F1995: 50.3°F1996: 50.0°F1997: 50.1°F1998: 51.7°F1999: 51.3°F2000: 53.8°F2001: 54.6°F2002: 50.5°F2003: 53.6°F2004: 51.3°F2005: 48.7°F2007: 52.5°F2008: 50.3°F2009: 50.4°F2010: 51.0°Flong-term trend1980199020002010
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.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 21 fewer freezing nights a year and about 6 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°+4.0°January: +2.3°F+2.3JFebruary: +1.4°F+1.4FMarch: +2.5°F+2.5MApril: +1.0°F+1.0AMay: +2.3°F+2.3MJune: +2.0°F+2.0JJuly: +3.7°F+3.7JAugust: +2.5°F+2.5ASeptember: +3.0°F+3.0SOctober: +2.0°F+2.0ONovember: +1.9°F+1.9NDecember: +2.8°F+2.8D

July has warmed the most — about 3.7°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Twin Falls-kmvt (NOAA GHCN station USC00109293), about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →