Bern, Idaho | |
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  Bern, Idaho Location within the state of Idaho | |
| Coordinates: 42°20′23″N111°23′10″W / 42.33972°N 111.38611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Bear Lake |
| Elevation | 5,968 ft (1,819 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 83220 [1] |
| Area code | 208 |
| GNIS feature ID | 377393 [2] |
Bern is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho. [2] It is located in the southeast corner of the state, about four miles from Montpelier.
The first settlement at Bern was made in 1873. [3] A post office called Bern was established in 1901, and remained in operation until 1988. [4] The community was named after Bern, in Switzerland, the native land of a large share of the first settlers. [3]
Bern's population was estimated at 50 in 1909, [5] and was 20 in 1960. [6]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Bern has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate, abbreviated "Dsb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Bern was 100 °F (37.8 °C) on July 13, 2002 and July 23, 2003, while the coldest temperature recorded was −30 °F (−34.4 °C) on February 3, 1996 and January 31, 2023. [7]
| Climate data for Bern, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1992–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 49 (9) | 55 (13) | 71 (22) | 82 (28) | 89 (32) | 97 (36) | 100 (38) | 98 (37) | 96 (36) | 88 (31) | 70 (21) | 59 (15) | 100 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 41.8 (5.4) | 45.1 (7.3) | 56.9 (13.8) | 72.1 (22.3) | 80.2 (26.8) | 89.2 (31.8) | 94.4 (34.7) | 93.1 (33.9) | 87.9 (31.1) | 76.5 (24.7) | 60.7 (15.9) | 46.3 (7.9) | 95.1 (35.1) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 28.7 (−1.8) | 32.0 (0.0) | 42.1 (5.6) | 53.3 (11.8) | 64.2 (17.9) | 74.5 (23.6) | 84.6 (29.2) | 83.9 (28.8) | 73.5 (23.1) | 58.6 (14.8) | 42.7 (5.9) | 30.4 (−0.9) | 55.7 (13.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 17.7 (−7.9) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 40.1 (4.5) | 49.3 (9.6) | 57.4 (14.1) | 65.4 (18.6) | 64.2 (17.9) | 55.0 (12.8) | 42.8 (6.0) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 19.9 (−6.7) | 41.1 (5.1) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 6.7 (−14.1) | 8.6 (−13.0) | 18.3 (−7.6) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 34.4 (1.3) | 40.3 (4.6) | 46.2 (7.9) | 44.6 (7.0) | 36.5 (2.5) | 27.0 (−2.8) | 18.5 (−7.5) | 9.4 (−12.6) | 26.5 (−3.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −13.9 (−25.5) | −13.3 (−25.2) | −1.5 (−18.6) | 13.6 (−10.2) | 22.2 (−5.4) | 29.5 (−1.4) | 37.0 (2.8) | 33.2 (0.7) | 24.3 (−4.3) | 13.6 (−10.2) | −0.8 (−18.2) | −11.9 (−24.4) | −18.9 (−28.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −30 (−34) | −30 (−34) | −21 (−29) | −4 (−20) | 15 (−9) | 22 (−6) | 28 (−2) | 23 (−5) | 15 (−9) | −13 (−25) | −18 (−28) | −21 (−29) | −30 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.73 (44) | 1.60 (41) | 1.48 (38) | 1.74 (44) | 2.29 (58) | 1.28 (33) | 0.67 (17) | 0.96 (24) | 1.35 (34) | 1.70 (43) | 1.38 (35) | 1.71 (43) | 17.89 (454) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 23.3 (59) | 19.0 (48) | 9.2 (23) | 4.9 (12) | 1.3 (3.3) | 0.1 (0.25) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 2.9 (7.4) | 9.2 (23) | 20.6 (52) | 90.6 (228.2) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 20.9 (53) | 23.9 (61) | 20.0 (51) | 5.6 (14) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.5 (3.8) | 4.6 (12) | 12.8 (33) | 25.1 (64) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 12.1 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 12.7 | 115.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 11.2 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 50.3 |
| Source 1: NOAA [8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 1992–2022) [7] | |||||||||||||
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