Where I live in North Idaho the maximum high is in the 20's, average low is in the single digits to the teens. The thing I really love about Idaho weather is that it's almost always different. Have had days where we've had warm sunshine, rain, sleet, hail, and snow. The coldest we've had is -40F. No matter the temperature, a warm hat and jacket and you can go out in any weather. You get used to it, so much so that 30 degrees is T-shirt weather...
Why so many California law enforcement retirees in North Idaho? Why are so many California realtors selling Idaho properties? The prices are way too high. I guess they want only rich people living here.
If you believe in freedom then you believe that Americans have the RIGHT to live in whatever state that they want. I’ve lived in 8 states, so am I from the state I was born in? The last state I lived? Or just pick one in the middle?- if that’s the case then I’m from Alaska.
@@thenorthidahoexperience who said you don’t have the right? Maybe try replying about the ridiculous price of housing . Maybe you have a solution instead of stating the obvious.
Most of them went out on disability and meandered their way here because the government they served and protected destroyed the state under their watch.
We definitely need 4wd here in north idaho, i would not want to drive without it, we have so many dirt roads you wouldn't be able to make it to the plowed street without it in the snow
Oh my…. Very bad winters! If you’re from another state that has mild winters, you’ll freeze to death up here. Probably shouldn’t risk buying a home and then trying to sell it the following year because of our winter. Bad idea if you don’t like LOTS of SNOW. You should stay away. Lots of added expenses to survive winters…..like, food, shelter, chopping wood…LOTS of wood. It’s the only source of heat available. Plus the added expense of getting outfitted with winter clothes, thermals, boots, Goretex everything. It gets VERY expensive with kids. Yeah…. You don’t want to live here. You won’t survive.
Which year? We don't have bad winters (usually) compared to the Upper Midwest or Northeast. It can be downright mild some years. It turns on a dime though due to the jetstream above us creating havoc and crossing over the mountains and bringing polar air down. I've had snowball fights on the 4th of July at just 4000 ft above sea level with freshly fallen snow. I've worn shorts in mid-February. If there's one thing that's unique about the weather here it's really the unpredictability.
Another helpful video! About winter in N. Idaho, It's all relative. I'm from Buffalo. Winters are a bit rough here for sure but not nearly as some other places like Buffalo for example. I guess if you grew up in Southern CA, it might seem pretty extreme here.
Wait me, too. I lived on the border of Hamburg and Orchard Park by the stadium. @@thenorthidahoexperienceAlso, depends on where upstate. Cheektowaga is way less snowy than the southtowns. There are other parts of upstate NY not that snowy.
CDA resident here, lot of good points here and I agree with you that the climate of Coeur d'Alene is relatively mild compared with other mountain towns, the Tahoe comparison is a little of apples and oranges, I'm assuming you are referencing snow totals in one of the Tahoe ski areas or Donner Pass? The areas where people live around Tahoe like Truckee or Incline Village get more of an average of 150-200 inches of snow a year which is still considerably more than we get in town. A good comparison to Donner Summit for the CDA area would be Lookout Pass
Thanks for the comment. Nope, that was in Tahoe City last year, right on the edge of the lake. Info came from a friend who just moved up here from there.
That 60’ was a very heavy year. Definitely not the norm. You also should be looking at relative elevation CDA is around 2500’ where Tahoe city is around 6000’.
3 to 4 feet of snow is not that much? I went to high school in north Idaho in the early 2000’s. There was knee deep snow for at least 4 months of the year. And I remember two weeks where the daytime high temp didn’t get above 15. It happens every few years at least.
@@thenorthidahoexperience yea I live on the east coast now and the winters are pretty bad, but three feet in Boston is rare, maybe if your in buffalo New York it’s pretty common.
96-97, 07-08, 16-17... We go about a decade between memorable winters. Last few years have been exceptionally mild. Want mild winters, go to Moscow... Comment about bad drivers everywhere... Import Californians are the worst! Tailgate, drive in left lane constantly, race and wedge people in merge lanes, didn't signal, speed, roll through stop signs, drive on highway tires in winter.. RELAX!! Doing 5 over between Sandpoint and CDA only saves you about 4 minutes!!! 10 over 7.5 minutes. If you need to make up that much time, you have a problem. Speeding going through town is only saving you seconds. Don't be an ass. This goes for you West Coast Washington drivers as well.
@@thenorthidahoexperience O.o I can barely make a trip between Sandpoint and Coeur d' Alene without encountering someone violating social contract.. Just last Wednesday I had a Ford Mustang pass us on a double yellow with oncoming traffic. The trip back, had 3 people try to occupy the same piece of road at the merge, North end of Cocolalla flats.. The first snows of the year are hilarious, overturned 4x4's in the ditch because they think AWD lets them drive faster.
That’s a dumb comment. There are bad apples in EVERY profession. 99.9% of cops are extremely professional and would take a bullet to protect your life, even with your stupid viewpoints.
We do get cold on occasion. This last winter here in Oldtown, we had some cold days in the -20s and hit -31F on one day. Wasn't a big deal for us. I just kept the woodstove cranked.
I live in CDA and this is what I think about the winter. We usually only get two weeks a year that I consider really cold weather.The cold is no big deal to me. What I dislike about the winter is the lack of sunshine and the gray skies.
moved here 9/2/23 from Central Cali, where it reaches 30-ish in the winter but doesn't snow, but lots of miserable fog. Yes, it's been a relatively mild winter, but I got the right clothing, snow tires, and it's been just amazing!! 28 degrees here is not even the same as 50 degrees in the wet central valley fog! I've driven Instacart all winter through neighborhoods that didn't really plow...my little Soul with FWD and snow tires has made it through snow, slush, and ice just fine. I do hate that a lot of folks blame stuff on "stupid California drivers" and tell us to go back where we came from. I agree - 99% of CA drivers are stupid, but I'm not one of them. I love North Idaho, I love the snow, I love the slower pace, the friendly people, the wide open outdoors...I'm totally home here!! Working on getting that Subaru, haha.
Can you do a video about becoming a new homeowner and new homeowner responsibilities with the house? Basics we should have on hand( lawn mower, snow stuff), Winterizing, etc? Hope that makes sense!
As someone living on the eastern slope of the cascades in central Wa a lot of this applies to us out here too. Here’s the best things I’ve found to get through a long winter #1 is to prepare, mostly financially but also having emergency rations and alternative way to heat your home. Having extra money and being ahead on everything will relieve a ton of added stress and give you options to go somewhere warmer which is my second tip. #2 go somewhere warmer even if it’s just for a long weekend or 5 days. Sometimes going on a vacation to somewhere with more sun in February can really get your through the rest of the winter. #3 find activities you can enjoy outside, skiing (downhill or cross country) snow shoing, even just going for a walk whenever you can helps. #4 exercise. Simple as that, very effective for fighting off seasonal depression. #5 make it a point to visit friends and family. Take this time while things are slow to go visit family you don’t see often of have a friend over for dinner.
Excellent advice! We lost power for 3 days when we first moved here and had no way to heat our home. It was ROUGH. I put in a transfer switch and a generator after that and, of course, haven't lost power since! LOL
Sounds like the people i need to talk to. Im a Canadian, BC resident just above you looking to move down there in the next couple months. Ill be giving you a call soon. I have many questions.
I see in the comments that you are also from the Southtowns. When I first moved here in Aug of 2022 people rolled their eyes when I mentioned I intended to walk to work even in the winter. I actually rode my bike. I was living by the Kroc center and the plowed trail was a straight shot to my first job here at the resort.
Oh you told another commenter that you were from just south of Buffalo. Hyde Park is as close to Buffalo as we are to Boise here. It's not just south of Buffalo. it's 8 hours east of Buffalo. @@thenorthidahoexperience
I know a dude who moved there and 3 months later they found him and his dog frozen in a snow bank. It was either North Idaho or North Florida. Yea, one of those places.
Where I live in North Idaho the maximum high is in the 20's, average low is in the single digits to the teens. The thing I really love about Idaho weather is that it's almost always different. Have had days where we've had warm sunshine, rain, sleet, hail, and snow. The coldest we've had is -40F. No matter the temperature, a warm hat and jacket and you can go out in any weather. You get used to it, so much so that 30 degrees is T-shirt weather...
If you don't like the weather here, just wait 15 minutes!
Since I lived here my whole life it feels like winters are getting weaker and weaker. Also McCall does get a shit ton of snow.
Interesting. I’ve definitely seen it in the time I’ve been here.
as a local cdl driver here, i dont mind mild lol
I bet
Why so many California law enforcement retirees in North Idaho? Why are so many California realtors selling Idaho properties? The prices are way too high. I guess they want only rich people living here.
If you believe in freedom then you believe that Americans have the RIGHT to live in whatever state that they want. I’ve lived in 8 states, so am I from the state I was born in? The last state I lived? Or just pick one in the middle?- if that’s the case then I’m from Alaska.
@@thenorthidahoexperience who said you don’t have the right? Maybe try replying about the ridiculous price of housing . Maybe you have a solution instead of stating the obvious.
Most of them went out on disability and meandered their way here because the government they served and protected destroyed the state under their watch.
We definitely need 4wd here in north idaho, i would not want to drive without it, we have so many dirt roads you wouldn't be able to make it to the plowed street without it in the snow
I agree. It can be done without it, but 4wd makes life a lot easier.
Oh my…. Very bad winters! If you’re from another state that has mild winters, you’ll freeze to death up here.
Probably shouldn’t risk buying a home and then trying to sell it the following year because of our winter.
Bad idea if you don’t like LOTS of SNOW.
You should stay away. Lots of added expenses to survive winters…..like, food, shelter, chopping wood…LOTS of wood. It’s the only source of heat available.
Plus the added expense of getting outfitted with winter clothes, thermals, boots, Goretex everything.
It gets VERY expensive with kids.
Yeah…. You don’t want to live here.
You won’t survive.
Suspicious...
Which year? We don't have bad winters (usually) compared to the Upper Midwest or Northeast. It can be downright mild some years. It turns on a dime though due to the jetstream above us creating havoc and crossing over the mountains and bringing polar air down. I've had snowball fights on the 4th of July at just 4000 ft above sea level with freshly fallen snow. I've worn shorts in mid-February. If there's one thing that's unique about the weather here it's really the unpredictability.
So true! The temps this week are a perfect example of that.
All of these are made by Californians who MOVE OUT 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So?
I live in St Maries Id and it’s nothing to worry about. Winters are around easy here. I think it’s light.
I agree!
Idaho has real Winters and drivers STILL drive like crazy and/or forget to turn on headlights. Crazy.
There are stupid drivers no matter where you go. We called that job security when I was a Highway Patrolman.
Another helpful video! About winter in N. Idaho, It's all relative. I'm from Buffalo. Winters are a bit rough here for sure but not nearly as some other places like Buffalo for example. I guess if you grew up in Southern CA, it might seem pretty extreme here.
I grew up just south of Buffalo, and you are right. Winters in Upstate NY are WAY worse.
Wait me, too. I lived on the border of Hamburg and Orchard Park by the stadium. @@thenorthidahoexperienceAlso, depends on where upstate. Cheektowaga is way less snowy than the southtowns. There are other parts of upstate NY not that snowy.
Hey James. I'm from Buffalo.
We need to have a Buffalo CDA get together!!@@analyticalchick3064
what town? @@thenorthidahoexperience
CDA resident here, lot of good points here and I agree with you that the climate of Coeur d'Alene is relatively mild compared with other mountain towns, the Tahoe comparison is a little of apples and oranges, I'm assuming you are referencing snow totals in one of the Tahoe ski areas or Donner Pass? The areas where people live around Tahoe like Truckee or Incline Village get more of an average of 150-200 inches of snow a year which is still considerably more than we get in town. A good comparison to Donner Summit for the CDA area would be Lookout Pass
Thanks for the comment. Nope, that was in Tahoe City last year, right on the edge of the lake. Info came from a friend who just moved up here from there.
That 60’ was a very heavy year. Definitely not the norm. You also should be looking at relative elevation CDA is around 2500’ where Tahoe city is around 6000’.
SNOW SHOEING !!!!!!!!! Can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Love it!
Mith number 6
Someone from California thats lived here for a few years knows all about the weather here 😂😂😂😂
I've lived in 8 different states.
My thought too! Aannd he's selling houses as a realtor. Smh
3 to 4 feet of snow is not that much? I went to high school in north Idaho in the early 2000’s. There was knee deep snow for at least 4 months of the year. And I remember two weeks where the daytime high temp didn’t get above 15. It happens every few years at least.
While I was living in Boston in the early 2000’s, we got 3’ in one weekend. So I guess it’s all relative.
@@thenorthidahoexperience yea I live on the east coast now and the winters are pretty bad, but three feet in Boston is rare, maybe if your in buffalo New York it’s pretty common.
Yeah, it shut the city down for a couple days. I had a blast driving around town in my old Tacoma though!
96-97, 07-08, 16-17... We go about a decade between memorable winters. Last few years have been exceptionally mild. Want mild winters, go to Moscow...
Comment about bad drivers everywhere... Import Californians are the worst! Tailgate, drive in left lane constantly, race and wedge people in merge lanes, didn't signal, speed, roll through stop signs, drive on highway tires in winter.. RELAX!! Doing 5 over between Sandpoint and CDA only saves you about 4 minutes!!! 10 over 7.5 minutes. If you need to make up that much time, you have a problem. Speeding going through town is only saving you seconds. Don't be an ass. This goes for you West Coast Washington drivers as well.
There are bad drivers everywhere. I drive a lot and as a former trooper, I notice bad drivers. I really don’t see that many up here.
@@thenorthidahoexperience
O.o
I can barely make a trip between Sandpoint and Coeur d' Alene without encountering someone violating social contract..
Just last Wednesday I had a Ford Mustang pass us on a double yellow with oncoming traffic. The trip back, had 3 people try to occupy the same piece of road at the merge, North end of Cocolalla flats..
The first snows of the year are hilarious, overturned 4x4's in the ditch because they think AWD lets them drive faster.
The forecast for -13 in CDA tomorrow night, yea-just a myth.
But that is super rare...
The next 2 weeks will tweak the average a bit
Yes it will!
Cops and integrity in the same sentence?
There is a reason they NEED qualified immunity 🙄
That’s a dumb comment. There are bad apples in EVERY profession. 99.9% of cops are extremely professional and would take a bullet to protect your life, even with your stupid viewpoints.
We do get cold on occasion. This last winter here in Oldtown, we had some cold days in the -20s and hit -31F on one day. Wasn't a big deal for us. I just kept the woodstove cranked.
That's quite a difference from CDA!
@@thenorthidahoexperience Yeah, that's so. When CDA gets 10 inches of snow, we get 16. It's definitely colder here in Oldtown.
North Idaho is the mildest part of Idaho, more influence from the coast. Lower in Elevation compared to other parts of Idaho too.
Good to know
I live in CDA and this is what I think about the winter. We usually only get two weeks a year that I consider really cold weather.The cold is no big deal to me. What I dislike about the winter is the lack of sunshine and the gray skies.
Same, the gloomy time is rough
Those that move here from back east or the midwest will enjoy our winters!! we only get 4 to 6 ft of snow they get 12 to 20 feet lol
Much easier than where I grew up in Upstate NY.
moved here 9/2/23 from Central Cali, where it reaches 30-ish in the winter but doesn't snow, but lots of miserable fog. Yes, it's been a relatively mild winter, but I got the right clothing, snow tires, and it's been just amazing!! 28 degrees here is not even the same as 50 degrees in the wet central valley fog! I've driven Instacart all winter through neighborhoods that didn't really plow...my little Soul with FWD and snow tires has made it through snow, slush, and ice just fine. I do hate that a lot of folks blame stuff on "stupid California drivers" and tell us to go back where we came from. I agree - 99% of CA drivers are stupid, but I'm not one of them. I love North Idaho, I love the snow, I love the slower pace, the friendly people, the wide open outdoors...I'm totally home here!! Working on getting that Subaru, haha.
Thanks for the great comment!
Can you do a video about becoming a new homeowner and new homeowner responsibilities with the house? Basics we should have on hand( lawn mower, snow stuff), Winterizing, etc? Hope that makes sense!
Excellent idea! I’m on it!
As someone living on the eastern slope of the cascades in central Wa a lot of this applies to us out here too. Here’s the best things I’ve found to get through a long winter
#1 is to prepare, mostly financially but also having emergency rations and alternative way to heat your home. Having extra money and being ahead on everything will relieve a ton of added stress and give you options to go somewhere warmer which is my second tip.
#2 go somewhere warmer even if it’s just for a long weekend or 5 days. Sometimes going on a vacation to somewhere with more sun in February can really get your through the rest of the winter.
#3 find activities you can enjoy outside, skiing (downhill or cross country) snow shoing, even just going for a walk whenever you can helps.
#4 exercise. Simple as that, very effective for fighting off seasonal depression.
#5 make it a point to visit friends and family. Take this time while things are slow to go visit family you don’t see often of have a friend over for dinner.
Excellent advice! We lost power for 3 days when we first moved here and had no way to heat our home. It was ROUGH. I put in a transfer switch and a generator after that and, of course, haven't lost power since! LOL
Sounds like the people i need to talk to. Im a Canadian, BC resident just above you looking to move down there in the next couple months. Ill be giving you a call soon. I have many questions.
Please do. We have another client moving here from Canada right now. Probably for the same reasons!
I grew up in Buffalo. What part of upstate NY?
I see in the comments that you are also from the Southtowns. When I first moved here in Aug of 2022 people rolled their eyes when I mentioned I intended to walk to work even in the winter. I actually rode my bike. I was living by the Kroc center and the plowed trail was a straight shot to my first job here at the resort.
A town called Hyde Park. Right outside Poughkeepsie.
Oh you told another commenter that you were from just south of Buffalo. Hyde Park is as close to Buffalo as we are to Boise here. It's not just south of Buffalo. it's 8 hours east of Buffalo. @@thenorthidahoexperience
Be the sunshine ! And as it was said - its about having the right gear and attitude ❄️ ☀️ ⛅️ 🌧️ 🏔️ 🎿 🚴 🏃♂️ 🚤
So true!
I know a dude who moved there and 3 months later they found him and his dog frozen in a snow bank. It was either North Idaho or North Florida. Yea, one of those places.
We can be friends now
Oh no, you just gave more people the urge to move to North Idaho LOL
Were you a Chippie? I see the hat in the backround
Sure was. Good eye!
@@thenorthidahoexperienceMy dad is a Chippie to he wants to go to Idaho so I was looking at videos to see what it looks like.
Yes!! I absolutely LOVE what you said about ‘2 Reasons for Owning a Truck
Either they NEED it or
they're OVERCOMPENSATING’ -so true!! 😂 🛻
You know it! LOL