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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 January | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 37.4 | 2006 | 1 | 10.1 | 1979 | ||
| 34.9 | 1981 | 2 | 11.0 | 1916 | ||
| 34.4 | 1934 | 3 | 11.9 | 1949 | ||
| 34.0 | 1990 | 4 | 12.3 | 1930 | ||
| 34.0 | 1986 | 5 | 14.1 | 1912 | ||
| 33.5 | 1931 | 6 | 14.3 | 1963 | ||
| 33.5 | 1914 | 7 | 14.7 | 1978 | ||
| 33.4 | 1939 | 8 | 15.0 | 1929 | ||
| 32.9 | 1992 | 9 | 15.6 | 1918 | ||
| 32.2 | 1989 | 10 | 16.0 | 1982 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 2.47 in 1949 | 1.53 on 1/4/1949 | 1 | 0.00 | 1917 | ||
| 2.10 in 1921 | 1.10 on 1/24/1921 | 2 | TR | 1989 | ||
| 1.55 in 1909 | 1.09 on 1/15/1953 | 3 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 1.50 in 1922 | 0.95 on 1/27/1944 | 4 | 0.02 | 1942 | ||
| 1.41 in 1918 | 0.90 on 1/3/1926 | 5 | 0.03 | 1990 | ||
| 1.29 in 1953 | 0.90 on 1/29/1921 | 6 | 0.03 | 1987 | ||
| 1.25 in 1930 | 0.80 on 1/4/1910 | 7 | 0.03 | 1961 | ||
| 1.20 in 1910 | 0.60 on 1/11/2013 | 8 | 0.03 | 1939 | ||
| 1.17 in 1944 | 0.60 on 1/1/1925 | 9 | 0.04 | 1948 | ||
| 1.10 in 1926 | 0.60 on 1/5/1923 | 10 | 0.04 | 1914 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 26.2 in 1949 | 14.0 on 1/4/1949 | 1 | 0.0 | 1919 | ||
| 21.0 in 1921 | 12.0 on 1/27/1944 | 2 | 0.0 | 1917 | ||
| 18.0 in 1944 | 11.0 on 1/24/1921 | 3 | TR | 1990 | ||
| 16.6 in 1993 | 10.5 on 1/15/1953 | 4 | TR | 1989 | ||
| 15.1 in 2009 | 9.0 on 1/3/1926 | 5 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 15.0 in 1922 | 9.0 on 1/29/1921 | 6 | 0.3 | 1942 | ||
| 12.5 in 1979 | 8.0 on 1/6/1967 | 7 | 0.4 | 1939 | ||
| 12.5 in 1930 | 8.0 on 1/4/1910 | 8 | 0.4 | 1914 | ||
| 12.2 in 1909 | 7.6 on 1/9/1993 | 9 | 0.5 | 2012 | ||
| 12.0 in 1968 | 7.0 on 1/8/1992 | 10 | 0.6 | 1948 | ||
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