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Latitude 43 26 N - Longitude 103 28 W - Elevation 3559 Feet
Station Record Begins 02/01/1894
Station Record Begins 02/01/1894
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) | 41.3 | 44.5 | 53.4 | 62.4 | 71.3 | 80.7 | 89.2 | 88.4 | 79.1 | 65.3 | 50.1 | 40.2 | 63.9 |
| Min (F) | 14.4 | 16.1 | 23.7 | 31.7 | 42.0 | 50.6 | 57.2 | 55.6 | 45.0 | 33.7 | 22.9 | 13.9 | 34.0 |
| Mean (F) | 27.8 | 30.3 | 38.6 | 47.1 | 56.6 | 65.7 | 73.2 | 72.0 | 62.0 | 49.5 | 36.5 | 27.0 | 49.0 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.34 | 0.48 | 1.07 | 2.01 | 3.15 | 2.89 | 2.39 | 1.77 | 1.43 | 1.28 | 0.50 | 0.36 | 17.67 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 27.5 |
| HDD | 1152 | 971 | 820 | 540 | 275 | 75 | 9 | 15 | 150 | 483 | 855 | 1176 | 6523 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 95 | 263 | 232 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 672 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 79.6 | 1937 | 1 | 65.2 | 1915 | ||
| 77.9 | 1983 | 2 | 65.8 | 1974 | ||
| 77.8 | 1936 | 3 | 65.9 | 1927 | ||
| 77.0 | 1938 | 4 | 65.9 | 1911 | ||
| 75.7 | 1947 | 5 | 67.1 | 1992 | ||
| 75.6 | 1943 | 6 | 67.2 | 1977 | ||
| 75.0 | 1955 | 7 | 67.6 | 1966 | ||
| 74.9 | 2003 | 8 | 67.7 | 1918 | ||
| 74.9 | 1995 | 9 | 67.7 | 1910 | ||
| 74.9 | 1922 | 10 | 67.7 | 1908 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.89 in 1933 | 3.25 on 8/3/1922 | 1 | 0.11 | 1958 | ||
| 4.99 in 1996 | 3.19 on 8/28/1933 | 2 | 0.15 | 1937 | ||
| 4.74 in 1941 | 2.84 on 8/14/1948 | 3 | 0.18 | 1961 | ||
| 4.69 in 1911 | 2.70 on 8/7/1941 | 4 | 0.24 | 1959 | ||
| 4.22 in 1918 | 2.32 on 8/20/1993 | 5 | 0.27 | 1908 | ||
| 4.14 in 1915 | 2.06 on 8/1/1999 | 6 | 0.28 | 1975 | ||
| 4.05 in 1979 | 1.96 on 8/10/1996 | 7 | 0.30 | 1910 | ||
| 4.05 in 1930 | 1.79 on 8/15/1978 | 8 | 0.31 | 1967 | ||
| 3.73 in 1922 | 1.75 on 8/7/1918 | 9 | 0.33 | 1962 | ||
| 3.64 in 1993 | 1.70 on 8/13/2005 | 10 | 0.35 | 1971 | ||
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