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Latitude 44 55 N - Longitude 104 11 W - Elevation 3570 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1915
Station Record Begins 01/01/1915
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) | 34.1 | 37.1 | 45.6 | 57.0 | 67.0 | 77.6 | 87.4 | 86.1 | 74.3 | 59.5 | 44.4 | 34.1 | 58.8 |
| Min (F) | 14.7 | 16.7 | 23.4 | 32.4 | 42.5 | 51.7 | 58.7 | 57.1 | 46.8 | 35.3 | 23.8 | 14.3 | 34.9 |
| Mean (F) | 24.4 | 26.9 | 34.5 | 44.7 | 54.8 | 64.6 | 73.1 | 71.6 | 60.6 | 47.4 | 34.1 | 24.2 | 46.8 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.95 | 1.58 | 2.43 | 2.55 | 1.85 | 1.23 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 0.63 | 0.32 | 14.54 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 31.3 |
| HDD | 1259 | 1067 | 945 | 611 | 333 | 97 | 13 | 25 | 195 | 549 | 927 | 1264 | 7286 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 87 | 263 | 229 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 661 |
Top Ten Information for July | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 79.0 | 1936 | 1 | 63.5 | 1993 | ||
| 78.6 | 2006 | 2 | 64.1 | 1915 | ||
| 78.1 | 1935 | 3 | 65.4 | 1992 | ||
| 78.0 | 2012 | 4 | 66.0 | 1958 | ||
| 78.0 | 2002 | 5 | 67.6 | 1928 | ||
| 77.9 | 1933 | 6 | 67.8 | 2009 | ||
| 77.4 | 2007 | 7 | 67.8 | 1972 | ||
| 77.4 | 1985 | 8 | 68.1 | 1950 | ||
| 77.4 | 1934 | 9 | 68.2 | 1922 | ||
| 77.2 | 1988 | 10 | 68.5 | 1962 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 5.31 in 1937 | 2.10 on 7/6/1994 | 1 | 0.10 | 1917 | ||
| 5.30 in 1928 | 1.87 on 7/25/1981 | 2 | 0.12 | 2006 | ||
| 4.93 in 1927 | 1.76 on 7/21/1966 | 3 | 0.12 | 1946 | ||
| 4.92 in 1915 | 1.70 on 7/6/2004 | 4 | 0.12 | 1933 | ||
| 4.74 in 1923 | 1.63 on 7/12/1949 | 5 | 0.18 | 1934 | ||
| 4.40 in 1993 | 1.58 on 7/24/1993 | 6 | 0.22 | 1960 | ||
| 4.37 in 2001 | 1.45 on 7/12/1952 | 7 | 0.23 | 1988 | ||
| 4.26 in 1981 | 1.33 on 7/13/1937 | 8 | 0.28 | 2011 | ||
| 4.08 in 1962 | 1.29 on 7/30/1915 | 9 | 0.43 | 1959 | ||
| 4.06 in 1922 | 1.28 on 7/15/1927 | 10 | 0.43 | 1935 | ||
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