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Latitude 44 15 N - Longitude 105 27 W - Elevation 4640 Feet
Station Record Begins 03/01/1902
Station Record Begins 03/01/1902
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) | 36.5 | 38.6 | 47.8 | 57.0 | 66.7 | 76.7 | 86.6 | 85.6 | 74.4 | 59.5 | 45.4 | 34.9 | 59.2 |
| Min (F) | 14.3 | 16.1 | 23.2 | 30.7 | 39.9 | 48.8 | 55.6 | 54.7 | 44.5 | 33.4 | 22.4 | 13.4 | 33.2 |
| Mean (F) | 25.4 | 27.3 | 35.5 | 43.9 | 53.3 | 62.8 | 71.1 | 70.2 | 59.4 | 46.5 | 33.9 | 24.2 | 46.2 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.46 | 0.59 | 1.08 | 1.87 | 3.15 | 2.55 | 1.80 | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.50 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 16.94 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 7.4 | 7.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 9.3 | 58.8 |
| HDD | 1228 | 1054 | 915 | 635 | 372 | 133 | 23 | 30 | 211 | 576 | 933 | 1266 | 7375 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 212 | 190 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 522 |
Top Ten Information for December | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 33.7 | 1939 | 1 | 7.2 | 1983 | ||
| 32.2 | 1980 | 2 | 13.9 | 1990 | ||
| 31.8 | 1957 | 3 | 14.5 | 1978 | ||
| 31.6 | 1979 | 4 | 14.8 | 1927 | ||
| 31.5 | 1933 | 5 | 16.3 | 1992 | ||
| 31.1 | 1950 | 6 | 16.4 | 2009 | ||
| 30.8 | 1999 | 7 | 17.1 | 1972 | ||
| 30.5 | 1965 | 8 | 17.5 | 1968 | ||
| 30.2 | 2002 | 9 | 17.9 | 2000 | ||
| 29.9 | 1925 | 10 | 18.2 | 1932 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.82 in 1996 | 0.80 on 12/24/1982 | 1 | TR | 1930 | ||
| 1.78 in 1982 | 0.75 on 12/13/1935 | 2 | 0.02 | 2006 | ||
| 1.50 in 1944 | 0.60 on 12/24/1948 | 3 | 0.05 | 1950 | ||
| 1.25 in 1955 | 0.60 on 12/26/1943 | 4 | 0.06 | 1965 | ||
| 1.25 in 1968 | 0.54 on 12/2/1982 | 5 | 0.07 | 1991 | ||
| 1.24 in 1997 | 0.52 on 12/1/1980 | 6 | 0.08 | 2010 | ||
| 1.18 in 1978 | 0.50 on 12/14/2005 | 7 | 0.10 | 1947 | ||
| 1.10 in 2011 | 0.50 on 12/22/1944 | 8 | 0.11 | 1956 | ||
| 1.10 in 1983 | 0.44 on 12/16/1981 | 9 | 0.12 | 2001 | ||
| 1.10 in 1945 | 0.40 on 12/19/1994 | 10 | 0.12 | 1984 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 23.5 in 1996 | 8.2 on 12/1/1980 | 1 | TR | 1930 | ||
| 20.7 in 1968 | 7.6 on 12/4/1983 | 2 | 0.4 | 2006 | ||
| 20.5 in 1978 | 7.0 on 12/13/1935 | 3 | 0.5 | 1950 | ||
| 20.0 in 1982 | 6.7 on 12/28/1955 | 4 | 1.0 | 1938 | ||
| 19.9 in 1955 | 6.5 on 12/24/1982 | 5 | 1.0 | 1947 | ||
| 19.1 in 1983 | 6.5 on 12/17/1968 | 6 | 1.1 | 2010 | ||
| 17.7 in 1989 | 6.3 on 12/2/1982 | 7 | 1.1 | 2001 | ||
| 17.0 in 2007 | 6.1 on 12/14/1990 | 8 | 1.6 | 1956 | ||
| 16.4 in 1977 | 6.0 on 12/24/1948 | 9 | 1.6 | 1965 | ||
| 15.8 in 1997 | 6.0 on 12/26/1943 | 10 | 1.7 | 1991 | ||
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