page_title: Idaho Panhandle
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: Idaho Panhandle / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: Köppen climate types in northern Idaho
context_page_description: The Idaho Panhandle—locally known as North Idaho—is a region in 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. The Panhandle is bordered by the state of Washington to the west, Montana to the east, and the Canadian province of British Columbia to the north. The Idaho panhandle, along with Eastern Washington, comprises the region known as the Inland Northwest, headed by its largest city, Spokane, Washington.
  Coeur d'Alene is the largest city within the Idaho Panhandle. Spokane is around thirty miles west of Coeur d'Alene, and its Spokane International Airport is the region's main air hub. Other important cities in the region include Lewiston, Moscow, Post Falls, Hayden, Sandpoint, and the smaller towns of St. Maries and Bonners Ferry. East of Coeur d'Alene is the Silver Valley, which follows Interstate 90 to the Montana border at Lookout Pass.
  The region has a land area of 21,012.64 square miles, around 25.4% of the state's total land area; there is also 323.95 square miles of water area.
caption: Köppen climate types in northern Idaho
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