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Latitude 43 45 N - Longitude 101 57 W - Elevation 2440 Feet
Station Record Begins 11/19/1949
Station Record Begins 11/19/1949
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) | 37.9 | 41.5 | 51.3 | 62.8 | 72.7 | 82.4 | 91.2 | 90.8 | 80.6 | 65.7 | 49.2 | 38.1 | 63.8 |
| Min (F) | 15.6 | 17.9 | 26.6 | 36.2 | 47.1 | 56.4 | 63.1 | 61.6 | 50.9 | 38.6 | 25.9 | 16.2 | 38.1 |
| Mean (F) | 26.7 | 29.7 | 38.9 | 49.5 | 59.9 | 69.4 | 77.1 | 76.2 | 65.8 | 52.1 | 37.6 | 27.2 | 51.0 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.42 | 0.54 | 1.23 | 1.93 | 3.24 | 3.09 | 2.30 | 1.67 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 0.71 | 0.41 | 18.50 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 3.7 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 28.0 |
| HDD | 1186 | 988 | 808 | 474 | 206 | 41 | 4 | 8 | 106 | 411 | 824 | 1173 | 6228 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 173 | 380 | 355 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1107 |
Top Ten Information for January | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 39.3 | 2006 | 1 | 7.1 | 1979 | ||
| 35.9 | 1990 | 2 | 10.3 | 1978 | ||
| 34.1 | 1992 | 3 | 12.8 | 1957 | ||
| 33.5 | 2012 | 4 | 13.8 | 1977 | ||
| 33.3 | 1987 | 5 | 14.1 | 1963 | ||
| 32.7 | 1983 | 6 | 14.7 | 1982 | ||
| 32.7 | 1981 | 7 | 14.9 | 1996 | ||
| 32.5 | 1986 | 8 | 16.2 | 1969 | ||
| 32.1 | 1958 | 9 | 16.3 | 1966 | ||
| 32.0 | 2001 | 10 | 17.9 | 1971 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.30 in 1971 | 0.80 on 1/31/1971 | 1 | TR | 1974 | ||
| 1.21 in 1997 | 0.60 on 1/11/2013 | 2 | TR | 1964 | ||
| 0.98 in 1982 | 0.47 on 1/4/1997 | 3 | TR | 1961 | ||
| 0.84 in 2013 | 0.46 on 1/3/1997 | 4 | 0.01 | 1990 | ||
| 0.84 in 1992 | 0.42 on 1/6/2010 | 5 | 0.02 | 1967 | ||
| 0.67 in 2001 | 0.42 on 1/8/1992 | 6 | 0.03 | 1972 | ||
| 0.66 in 2000 | 0.41 on 1/11/2013 | 7 | 0.04 | 1970 | ||
| 0.63 in 1985 | 0.41 on 1/22/1982 | 8 | 0.05 | 1978 | ||
| 0.63 in 1975 | 0.40 on 1/7/1992 | 9 | 0.06 | 1989 | ||
| 0.62 in 2010 | 0.39 on 1/15/1985 | 10 | 0.07 | 2007 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 12.2 in 1971 | 7.0 on 1/4/2005 | 1 | TR | 1974 | ||
| 11.0 in 2005 | 7.0 on 1/1/1976 | 2 | TR | 1972 | ||
| 09.3 in 2013 | 6.0 on 1/11/2013 | 3 | TR | 1967 | ||
| 9.0 in 2011 | 5.0 on 1/6/2010 | 4 | TR | 1961 | ||
| 8.6 in 1999 | 5.0 on 1/30/1971 | 5 | 0.1 | 1987 | ||
| 8.6 in 1982 | 4.2 on 1/31/1958 | 6 | 0.5 | 2007 | ||
| 8.0 in 1993 | 4.1 on 1/22/1982 | 7 | 0.5 | 2002 | ||
| 7.0 in 2003 | 4.0 on 1/11/2013 | 8 | 0.5 | 1990 | ||
| 7.0 in 1976 | 4.0 on 1/8/2004 | 9 | 0.5 | 1989 | ||
| 6.8 in 1957 | 4.0 on 1/22/2003 | 10 | 0.5 | 1978 | ||
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