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Latitude 43 58 N - Longitude 101 52 W - Elevation 2414 Feet
Station Record Begins 06/01/1909
Station Record Begins 06/01/1909
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) | 35.2 | 38.9 | 47.8 | 60.1 | 70.3 | 80.3 | 89.6 | 89.3 | 78.4 | 63.5 | 47.6 | 36.1 | 61.5 |
| Min (F) | 8.5 | 11.6 | 20.5 | 30.4 | 42.2 | 52.1 | 58.6 | 56.1 | 44.3 | 31.2 | 18.9 | 8.6 | 32.0 |
| Mean (F) | 21.9 | 25.3 | 34.2 | 45.3 | 56.2 | 66.2 | 74.1 | 72.7 | 61.3 | 47.4 | 33.3 | 22.4 | 46.8 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.37 | 0.57 | 1.18 | 1.70 | 2.83 | 2.98 | 2.22 | 1.46 | 1.32 | 1.36 | 0.64 | 0.38 | 17.01 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.8 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 36.5 |
| HDD | 1338 | 1113 | 956 | 596 | 294 | 79 | 12 | 20 | 181 | 550 | 952 | 1322 | 7413 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 115 | 294 | 259 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 768 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 80.3 | 1936 | 1 | 66.2 | 2004 | ||
| 79.3 | 1913 | 2 | 66.8 | 1910 | ||
| 78.9 | 1947 | 3 | 66.9 | 1927 | ||
| 78.6 | 1955 | 4 | 67.1 | 1915 | ||
| 78.6 | 1935 | 5 | 68.0 | 1993 | ||
| 78.4 | 1937 | 6 | 68.0 | 1992 | ||
| 78.3 | 1983 | 7 | 68.7 | 1923 | ||
| 77.8 | 1909 | 8 | 69.0 | 1985 | ||
| 77.5 | 1970 | 9 | 69.3 | 1966 | ||
| 77.4 | 1929 | 10 | 69.8 | 1977 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 7.67 in 1930 | 5.18 on 8/22/1913 | 1 | 0.11 | 1995 | ||
| 5.13 in 1974 | 4.10 on 8/28/1974 | 2 | 0.16 | 1971 | ||
| 4.33 in 1979 | 2.33 on 8/12/1994 | 3 | 0.20 | 1961 | ||
| 4.20 in 1918 | 2.09 on 8/21/1998 | 4 | 0.24 | 1970 | ||
| 4.15 in 1966 | 1.52 on 8/15/1968 | 5 | 0.24 | 1967 | ||
| 4.10 in 1968 | 1.48 on 8/18/1966 | 6 | 0.24 | 1959 | ||
| 3.73 in 1998 | 1.41 on 8/23/1930 | 7 | 0.27 | 1937 | ||
| 3.71 in 1921 | 1.41 on 8/26/1916 | 8 | 0.28 | 2000 | ||
| 3.44 in 1912 | 1.35 on 8/6/2002 | 9 | 0.33 | 1936 | ||
| 3.42 in 1923 | 1.34 on 8/23/1989 | 10 | 0.34 | 1932 | ||
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