Murphy Hot Springs, Idaho | |
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 Murphy Hot Springs, June 2013 | |
  Murphy Hot Springs Location within Idaho  Murphy Hot Springs Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 42°01′26.8602″N115°21′36.6588″W / 42.024127833°N 115.360183000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Owyhee |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Murphy Hot Springs is an unincorporated community in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States. [1]
The community is located along Three Creek Road between Rogerson, Idaho and Jarbidge, Nevada at the bottom of the East Fork Jarbidge River's canyon. [2] As of 2007, the community contains approximately 50 homes. [3]
The hottest temperature recorded in Murphy Hot Springs was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 15, 2014, while the coldest temperature recorded was −27 °F (−32.8 °C) on February 2, 1996. [4]
| Climate data for Murphy Hot Springs, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1987–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 65 (18) | 65 (18) | 75 (24) | 86 (30) | 91 (33) | 99 (37) | 102 (39) | 99 (37) | 98 (37) | 91 (33) | 77 (25) | 70 (21) | 102 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 56.7 (13.7) | 59.4 (15.2) | 66.1 (18.9) | 76.2 (24.6) | 82.9 (28.3) | 91.6 (33.1) | 96.7 (35.9) | 95.4 (35.2) | 91.0 (32.8) | 81.0 (27.2) | 68.3 (20.2) | 58.5 (14.7) | 97.4 (36.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 40.7 (4.8) | 42.7 (5.9) | 49.6 (9.8) | 55.3 (12.9) | 65.4 (18.6) | 75.2 (24.0) | 86.3 (30.2) | 85.0 (29.4) | 76.5 (24.7) | 62.3 (16.8) | 48.5 (9.2) | 39.9 (4.4) | 60.6 (15.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 29.1 (−1.6) | 30.7 (−0.7) | 36.8 (2.7) | 41.5 (5.3) | 49.9 (9.9) | 57.4 (14.1) | 66.2 (19.0) | 65.1 (18.4) | 56.9 (13.8) | 45.6 (7.6) | 35.2 (1.8) | 27.8 (−2.3) | 45.2 (7.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.5 (−8.1) | 18.8 (−7.3) | 24.1 (−4.4) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 34.5 (1.4) | 39.6 (4.2) | 46.2 (7.9) | 45.1 (7.3) | 37.4 (3.0) | 28.9 (−1.7) | 21.9 (−5.6) | 15.7 (−9.1) | 29.8 (−1.2) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −0.4 (−18.0) | 2.7 (−16.3) | 12.2 (−11.0) | 17.2 (−8.2) | 23.7 (−4.6) | 30.9 (−0.6) | 37.9 (3.3) | 35.4 (1.9) | 28.0 (−2.2) | 17.1 (−8.3) | 5.6 (−14.7) | −0.3 (−17.9) | −6.3 (−21.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −17 (−27) | −27 (−33) | 2 (−17) | 11 (−12) | 18 (−8) | 18 (−8) | 21 (−6) | 23 (−5) | 24 (−4) | −2 (−19) | −6 (−21) | −23 (−31) | −27 (−33) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.12 (28) | 0.95 (24) | 1.16 (29) | 2.24 (57) | 2.29 (58) | 1.21 (31) | 0.72 (18) | 0.54 (14) | 0.88 (22) | 1.00 (25) | 1.31 (33) | 1.29 (33) | 14.71 (372) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.5 (17) | 10.2 (26) | 8.3 (21) | 4.1 (10) | 0.6 (1.5) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.5 (1.3) | 7.2 (18) | 9.9 (25) | 47.3 (119.8) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 7.7 | 7.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 91.8 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 25.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA [5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service [4] | |||||||||||||
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