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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 May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 63.7 | 1934 | 1 | 45.5 | 1935 | ||
| 59.9 | 1958 | 2 | 46.6 | 1950 | ||
| 58.7 | 1939 | 3 | 47.5 | 1968 | ||
| 58.6 | 1936 | 4 | 47.9 | 1946 | ||
| 58.2 | 1987 | 5 | 48.0 | 1995 | ||
| 58.0 | 1994 | 6 | 48.1 | 1967 | ||
| 57.6 | 1928 | 7 | 48.3 | 1953 | ||
| 57.4 | 1985 | 8 | 48.9 | 1927 | ||
| 57.1 | 1977 | 9 | 48.9 | 1983 | ||
| 56.5 | 1988 | 10 | 49.0 | 2011 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 11.08 in 1978 | 3.23 on 5/18/1978 | 1 | 0.02 | 1936 | ||
| 8.05 in 2007 | 2.63 on 5/28/2001 | 2 | 0.17 | 1966 | ||
| 7.30 in 2008 | 2.00 on 5/6/2007 | 3 | 0.23 | 1934 | ||
| 7.04 in 2011 | 2.00 on 5/18/1995 | 4 | 0.24 | 1958 | ||
| 5.88 in 1962 | 2.00 on 5/22/1952 | 5 | 0.64 | 2009 | ||
| 5.85 in 1952 | 1.85 on 5/5/1993 | 6 | 0.67 | 1940 | ||
| 5.25 in 1965 | 1.80 on 5/20/1982 | 7 | 0.78 | 1951 | ||
| 5.24 in 1995 | 1.77 on 5/17/1978 | 8 | 0.86 | 1969 | ||
| 4.82 in 2010 | 1.73 on 5/10/1985 | 9 | 0.87 | 1948 | ||
| 4.74 in 1946 | 1.62 on 5/14/1970 | 10 | 1.04 | 1973 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 19.5 in 1965 | 10.0 on 5/20/1975 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 15.5 in 1950 | 9.0 on 9/8/1965 | 2 | ||||
| 11.0 in 1978 | 8.0 on 5/16/1942 | 3 | ||||
| 10.8 in 1975 | 8.0 on 5/7/1950 | 4 | ||||
| 8.0 in 1942 | 8.0 on 5/9/1965 | 5 | ||||
| 7.9 in 1986 | 7.0 on 5/1/1967 | 6 | ||||
| 7.6 in 1967 | 7.0 on 5/14/1970 | 7 | ||||
| 7.0 in 2005 | 6.0 on 5/11/2005 | 8 | ||||
| 7.0 in 1970 | 6.0 on 5/7/1978 | 9 | ||||
| 6.0 in 1933 | 5.2 on 5/9/1979 | 10 | ||||
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