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Latitude 45 01 N - Longitude 102 02 W - Elevation 2592 Feet
Station Record Begins 04/01/1913
Station Record Begins 04/01/1913
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) | 30.3 | 34.1 | 44.2 | 58.6 | 69.0 | 78.4 | 87.2 | 86.4 | 75.3 | 59.8 | 42.9 | 31.2 | 58.2 |
| Min (F) | 11.0 | 14.7 | 23.2 | 33.9 | 44.3 | 53.7 | 60.3 | 59.0 | 48.5 | 36.6 | 23.1 | 12.7 | 35.2 |
| Mean (F) | 20.7 | 24.4 | 33.7 | 46.3 | 56.7 | 66.1 | 73.7 | 72.7 | 61.9 | 48.2 | 33.0 | 22.0 | 46.7 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.42 | 0.55 | 1.17 | 1.78 | 3.12 | 2.84 | 2.76 | 1.49 | 1.43 | 1.60 | 0.59 | 0.45 | 18.20 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 7.9 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 49.4 |
| HDD | 1375 | 1137 | 970 | 565 | 280 | 74 | 10 | 18 | 164 | 525 | 960 | 1334 | 7412 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 105 | 281 | 256 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 742 |
Top Ten Information for October | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 58.9 | 1963 | 1 | 39.2 | 2002 | ||
| 56.8 | 1938 | 2 | 39.3 | 2009 | ||
| 56.7 | 1945 | 3 | 42.5 | 1969 | ||
| 56.3 | 1953 | 4 | 42.5 | 1939 | ||
| 56.1 | 1947 | 5 | 44.1 | 1946 | ||
| 54.3 | 1943 | 6 | 44.7 | 2006 | ||
| 54.2 | 1934 | 7 | 45.5 | 1987 | ||
| 54.0 | 1965 | 8 | 45.5 | 1972 | ||
| 53.2 | 2003 | 9 | 45.7 | 1951 | ||
| 53.0 | 1927 | 10 | 45.7 | 1930 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.45 in 1998 | 2.48 on 10/29/2004 | 1 | 0.00 | 1952 | ||
| 4.98 in 1982 | 1.84 on 10/9/1982 | 2 | TR | 1968 | ||
| 3.64 in 1995 | 1.76 on 10/5/1995 | 3 | TR | 1960 | ||
| 3.51 in 2004 | 1.62 on 10/5/1998 | 4 | TR | 1933 | ||
| 2.80 in 2009 | 1.54 on 10/5/1972 | 5 | 0.02 | 1945 | ||
| 2.79 in 1951 | 1.50 on 10/20/1936 | 6 | 0.05 | 1984 | ||
| 2.76 in 1946 | 1.40 on 10/16/1980 | 7 | 0.08 | 1956 | ||
| 2.75 in 1983 | 1.37 on 10/26/1996 | 8 | 0.13 | 1987 | ||
| 2.69 in 1994 | 1.37 on 10/1/1977 | 9 | 0.16 | 1964 | ||
| 2.47 in 1971 | 1.36 on 10/4/1951 | 10 | 0.20 | 1927 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 10.0 in 1936 | 10.0 on 10/20/1936 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 09.5 in 1954 | 6.0 on 10/26/1996 | 2 | ||||
| 8.6 in 2002 | 5.5 on 10/26/1954 | 3 | ||||
| 8.2 in 2009 | 4.9 on 10/29/2002 | 4 | ||||
| 7.2 in 1999 | 4.8 on 10/1/1999 | 5 | ||||
| 7.0 in 1996 | 4.0 on 10/29/2009 | 6 | ||||
| 7.0 in 1951 | 4.0 on 10/5/2009 | 7 | ||||
| 5.0 in 1943 | 4.0 on 10/28/1971 | 8 | ||||
| 4.5 in 1997 | 4.0 on 10/25/1954 | 9 | ||||
| 4.2 in 1971 | 4.0 on 10/20/1951 | 10 | ||||
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