O'Hara Saddle Campground

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Idaho

Tonight: low 33 °F, frost likely.

Nights by month

Night lows from 2016 to 2025: a typical night, and the cold one that comes 1 night in 10.

The mildest nights are in July, typically 49°F. The coldest are in December, when 1 night in 10 drops to 5°F. Frost is common in January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December.

Typical nightCold night (1 in 10)
  1. Jan18°F 3°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 100% · rain or snow 49% of days
  2. Feb18°F 6°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 98% · rain or snow 66% of days
  3. Mar23°F 12°FBag comfortable to 15°F · frost 98% · rain or snow 56% of days
  4. Apr27°F 17°FBag comfortable to 20°F · frost 88% · rain or snow 54% of days
  5. May35°F 27°FBag comfortable to 30°F · frost 34% · rain or snow 50% of days
  6. Jun42°F 35°FBag comfortable to 35°F · frost 4% · rain or snow 38% of days
  7. Jul49°F 42°FBag comfortable to 45°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 11% of days
  8. Aug48°F 43°FBag comfortable to 45°F · frost 0% · rain or snow 15% of days
  9. Sep (this month)42°F 34°FBag comfortable to 35°F · frost 7% · rain or snow 27% of days
  10. Oct32°F 23°FBag comfortable to 25°F · frost 50% · rain or snow 44% of days
  11. Nov24°F 11°FBag comfortable to 10°F · frost 86% · rain or snow 50% of days
  12. Dec18°F 5°FBag comfortable to 5°F · frost 97% · rain or snow 57% of days

| = 32°F

History: ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo, corrected to the site's elevation. Bag rating: the comfort rating that keeps you warm in a tent on 9 of 10 nights that month.

Tonight

Worth a lookFriday, September 25, 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Needs more warmth: sleeping bag

Your setup looks borderline for this night

You may feel chilly from around 10 p.m.

Your sleeping bag is not warm enough for this night.

Best change

Sleep in a warm layer, a hat and dry socks, and take a hot water bottle.

This is based on typical values for the gear types you picked, so treat it as an estimate.

  • Low outside33°F
  • Moisturefrost, keep your bag covered
  • Windcalm

Your night

  1. 10 p.m. until morningChilly. Add a layerAir around you 42 to 35°F, frost from midnight.
Every hour
  • 10 p.m.42°Fchilly
  • 11 p.m.41°Fchilly
  • midnight39°Fchilly, frost
  • 1 a.m.39°Fchilly, frost
  • 2 a.m.39°Fchilly
  • 3 a.m.38°Fchilly
  • 4 a.m.37°Fchilly
  • 5 a.m.36°Fchilly
  • 6 a.m.35°Fchilly
  • 7 a.m.35°Fchilly

Times are local time at your spot (GMT-7).

What works tonight

The gear this night calls for, for someone who sleeps like you.

  • Missing

    Sleeping bag

    Comfort 35°F or colder

    Usually sold as a 26° bag. The number in a bag's name is the limit, not the comfort.

  • Missing

    Underneath you

    R2.5 or more

    The R-value says how well a pad keeps the cold ground out.

  • Worth adding

    Also useful

    A bag liner

    Adds a few degrees to the bag you already own.

Before you sleep

  • Put on a warm layer and a hat before about 10 p.m., or go to bed already wearing them.
  • Eat a proper meal with some fat before bed. Your body keeps burning it through the night.
  • Pee right before you get in your bag. Getting out at 3 a.m. in the cold is worse.
  • Sleep in dry clothes, not the ones you wore all day. Damp fabric pulls heat out of you.
  • Bring shoes, clothes and electronics inside. Anything left out will be wet by morning.
How we estimated this

At the coldest hour (6 a.m.):

Outside at your spot
33°F
Warmth your shelter holds
+2 °F
Air around you
35°F
Your bag's comfort rating
39°F
Cold ground through what you lie on
+4 °F
Your comfort limit
43°F

8 °F short, so you will likely be cold.

Assumptions

  • Bag categories use typical ratings as sold: summer about 50 °F (10 °C), 3-season about 30 °F (-1 °C), winter about 15 °F (-9 °C). The number in a bag's name is usually its lower limit, so its comfort rating is about 9 °F (5 °C) warmer.
  • What you lie on: foam mat about R2, thin air pad about R1.5, insulated pad about R3.5, winter pad R5 and up, van bed about R4, air mattress about R0.5. Colder ground needs a higher R-value.
  • Shelters hold a few degrees early in the night and less towards morning. Wind and clear, calm skies take warmth away.
  • Weather: Open-Meteo forecast for your spot, on a grid of a few kilometers, corrected to its height.
  • These are rules of thumb, not measurements. People and gear vary.

A forecast, not a promise. Mountains, valleys and water make their own weather, so trust what you see and feel on site. Terms and liability

Checked for a double-wall tent, a 3-season bag and a thin air pad. Check your own gear here.

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