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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 June | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 78.3 | 1988 | 1 | 56.2 | 1928 | ||
| 72.5 | 1933 | 2 | 56.8 | 1945 | ||
| 72.2 | 1931 | 3 | 57.7 | 1915 | ||
| 71.5 | 1919 | 4 | 57.9 | 1951 | ||
| 71.2 | 1956 | 5 | 59.1 | 1947 | ||
| 71.0 | 1961 | 6 | 59.3 | 2009 | ||
| 70.8 | 1936 | 7 | 59.3 | 1993 | ||
| 70.4 | 1986 | 8 | 59.6 | 1998 | ||
| 69.9 | 2012 | 9 | 59.7 | 1999 | ||
| 69.6 | 1987 | 10 | 59.9 | 1916 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 09.68 in 1993 | 3.65 on 6/29/1993 | 1 | 0.17 | 1996 | ||
| 7.80 in 1944 | 3.01 on 6/3/1944 | 2 | 0.27 | 2004 | ||
| 7.74 in 1941 | 2.75 on 6/14/1976 | 3 | 0.42 | 2002 | ||
| 7.54 in 1976 | 2.54 on 6/12/1946 | 4 | 0.46 | 1919 | ||
| 7.26 in 1915 | 2.50 on 6/14/2009 | 5 | 0.54 | 1983 | ||
| 6.90 in 1947 | 2.18 on 6/3/1940 | 6 | 0.62 | 2006 | ||
| 6.17 in 1984 | 2.00 on 6/8/1993 | 7 | 0.63 | 1987 | ||
| 5.99 in 1946 | 2.00 on 6/7/1993 | 8 | 0.70 | 1990 | ||
| 5.61 in 1942 | 2.00 on 6/9/1984 | 9 | 0.75 | 1994 | ||
| 5.43 in 1940 | 2.00 on 6/12/1915 | 10 | 0.80 | 1918 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 12.0 in 1951 | 12.0 on 6/1/1951 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 6.0 in 1969 | 6.0 on 6/13/1969 | 2 | ||||
| 0.0 in MANY | 0.0 on MANY | 3 | ||||
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