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In the northern Plains and North Central states generally, June is the year's wettest month on average, owing to maximum shower and thunderstorm activity. Also, June is the highest-risk month for severe weather throughout North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and northern Illinois. [citation needed]
Köppen climate types of Idaho, using 1991-2020 climate normals.. Idaho's climate varies widely. Although the state's western border is about 330 miles (530 km) from the Pacific Ocean, the maritime influence is still felt in Idaho; especially, in the winter when cloud cover, humidity, and precipitation are at their maximum extent.
All of these cold deserts experience about 100–300 mm of precipitation in a year indicating a semi-arid climate. The warm deserts of North America include The Mojave Basin and Range, the Sonoran desert, and the Chihuahuan desert. These areas have a tropical desert climate, and are known as the hottest and driest place on the continent.
The Idaho panhandle—locally known as North Idaho, Northern Idaho, or simply the Panhandle—is a salient region of the U.S. state of Idaho encompassing the state's 10 northernmost counties: Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone (though the southern part of the region is sometimes referred to as North Central Idaho).
The maps are derived from U.S. climate normals provided by the National Centers for Environment Information (NCEI): The dataset consists of the latest 30-year average of weather data, including ...
Age of the bedrock underlying North America, from red (oldest) to blue, green, yellow (newest). Seventy percent of North America is underlain by the Laurentia craton, [5] which is exposed as the Canadian Shield in much of central and eastern Canada around the Hudson Bay, and as far south as the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
In North Idaho near the border with Canada, some viewers may see the lights directly overhead. Activity is forecast to peak between 8 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday.
The aurora borealis will be viewable in Boise on Thursday night and Friday morning because of a solar storm.