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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 November | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 45.7 | 1949 | 1 | 16.6 | 1985 | ||
| 44.2 | 1999 | 2 | 21.7 | 1955 | ||
| 43.2 | 1917 | 3 | 22.7 | 2000 | ||
| 42.4 | 2002 | 4 | 23.5 | 1996 | ||
| 42.0 | 2001 | 5 | 24.8 | 1919 | ||
| 41.8 | 1954 | 6 | 27.0 | 1959 | ||
| 41.7 | 2009 | 7 | 27.3 | 2003 | ||
| 41.4 | 1953 | 8 | 28.1 | 1947 | ||
| 40.9 | 1990 | 9 | 28.3 | 1940 | ||
| 40.9 | 1923 | 10 | 29.2 | 1978 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 3.19 in 1944 | 2.20 on 11/1/2000 | 1 | 0.00 | 2009 | ||
| 2.22 in 2000 | 1.50 on 11/3/1956 | 2 | 0.00 | 1917 | ||
| 2.01 in 1922 | 1.50 on 11/14/1944 | 3 | 0.05 | 1987 | ||
| 1.76 in 1948 | 1.00 on 11/25/1993 | 4 | 0.07 | 2001 | ||
| 1.66 in 1956 | 0.91 on 11/9/1984 | 5 | 0.07 | 1997 | ||
| 1.55 in 1985 | 0.85 on 11/5/1922 | 6 | 0.07 | 1965 | ||
| 1.44 in 1919 | 0.80 on 11/7/1986 | 7 | 0.07 | 1960 | ||
| 1.41 in 1926 | 0.78 on 11/7/1926 | 8 | 0.07 | 1925 | ||
| 1.26 in 1940 | 0.77 on 11/14/1964 | 9 | 0.09 | 1979 | ||
| 1.18 in 2008 | 0.73 on 11/4/1948 | 10 | 0.11 | 2007 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 22.0 in 1919 | 15.0 on 11/14/1944 | 1 | 0.0 | 1987 | ||
| 21.0 in 1944 | 12.0 on 11/3/1956 | 2 | 0.0 | 1949 | ||
| 20.5 in 1985 | 12.0 on 11/8/1919 | 3 | 0.0 | 1939 | ||
| 19.7 in 1978 | 8.0 on 11/9/1978 | 4 | 0.0 | 1917 | ||
| 14.5 in 1948 | 7.1 on 11/7/2008 | 5 | TR | 1965 | ||
| 14.0 in 1947 | 7.0 on 11/9/1984 | 6 | 0.2 | 1997 | ||
| 13.0 in 1971 | 7.0 on 11/8/1966 | 7 | 0.2 | 1960 | ||
| 13.0 in 1956 | 6.0 on 11/19/2011 | 8 | 0.5 | 1952 | ||
| 12.5 in 1940 | 6.0 on 11/14/1964 | 9 | 0.6 | 1990 | ||
| 11.0 in 2010 | 6.0 on 11/18/1953 | 10 | 0.7 | 2004 | ||
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