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Latitude 45 32 N - Longitude 102 28 W - Elevation 2780 Feet
Station Record Begins 05/01/1916
Station Record Begins 05/01/1916
All | Yearly Top 10 Precipitation Records | Top 30 Daily Precipitation Records
Click Month (below) for Monthly Top Ten Temperature / Precipitation Records
30 Year Normals (1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
| JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | Annual | |
| Max (F) | 30.4 | 34.0 | 44.2 | 58.3 | 68.8 | 78.0 | 86.5 | 86.4 | 75.3 | 60.2 | 42.8 | 31.1 | 58.1 |
| Min (F) | 10.3 | 13.5 | 22.0 | 32.2 | 43.3 | 52.4 | 58.7 | 57.0 | 46.6 | 34.9 | 22.0 | 11.5 | 33.8 |
| Mean (F) | 20.3 | 23.7 | 33.1 | 45.2 | 56.1 | 65.2 | 72.6 | 71.7 | 61.0 | 47.6 | 32.4 | 21.3 | 46.0 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.46 | 0.42 | 1.20 | 1.84 | 3.09 | 2.91 | 2.37 | 1.62 | 1.27 | 1.47 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 17.66 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 3.5 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 31.8 |
| HDD | 1384 | 1155 | 989 | 594 | 295 | 86 | 14 | 21 | 183 | 545 | 978 | 1354 | 7598 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 92 | 249 | 228 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 654 |
Top Ten Information for September | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 68.3 | 1998 | 1 | 47.1 | 1965 | ||
| 65.8 | 1990 | 2 | 52.6 | 1984 | ||
| 65.3 | 1948 | 3 | 53.9 | 1961 | ||
| 64.7 | 1963 | 4 | 54.1 | 1986 | ||
| 64.7 | 2009 | 5 | 54.2 | 1951 | ||
| 64.3 | 2012 | 6 | 55.3 | 1985 | ||
| 64.3 | 2009 | 7 | 55.9 | 1993 | ||
| 64.2 | 2005 | 8 | 56.0 | 1957 | ||
| 64.2 | 1936 | 9 | 56.2 | 1964 | ||
| 64.1 | 1994 | 10 | 56.5 | 1973 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 4.18 in 1977 | 1.94 on 9/22/2006 | 1 | 0.00 | 1952 | ||
| 4.02 in 1946 | 1.94 on 9/18/1996 | 2 | TR | 2012 | ||
| 3.72 in 1996 | 1.90 on 9/23/1977 | 3 | TR | 2011 | ||
| 3.37 in 1941 | 1.85 on 9/10/2003 | 4 | TR | 1969 | ||
| 3.28 in 1941 | 1.60 on 9/12/1961 | 5 | TR | 1935 | ||
| 3.17 in 1971 | 1.23 on 9/20/1989 | 6 | 0.10 | 1979 | ||
| 2.91 in 1961 | 1.22 on 9/4/1971 | 7 | 0.17 | 2007 | ||
| 2.81 in 2010 | 1.15 on 9/5/1971 | 8 | 0.17 | 1980 | ||
| 2.62 in 2003 | 1.12 on 9/6/2010 | 9 | 0.19 | 1990 | ||
| 2.62 in 1973 | 1.12 on 9/16/1968 | 10 | 0.19 | 1964 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 8.0 in 1965 | 5.0 on 9/16/1965 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 1.5 in 1941 | 3.0 on 9/29/1965 | 2 | ||||
| TR in 1970 | 1.5 on 9/27/1941 | 3 | ||||
| TR in 1957 | TR on 9/14/1970 | 4 | ||||
| TR in 1939 | TR on 9/13/1970 | 5 | ||||
| 0.0 in MANY | TR on 9/19/1957 | 6 | ||||
| TR on 9/18/1957 | 7 | |||||
| TR on 9/25/1939 | 8 | |||||
| 0.0 on MANY | 9 | |||||
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