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Latitude 44 21 N - Longitude 103 46 W - Elevation 5350 Feet
Station Record Begins 03/01/1909
Station Record Begins 03/01/1909
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) | 36.0 | 36.8 | 43.3 | 51.5 | 61.2 | 70.9 | 79.0 | 78.3 | 68.3 | 55.2 | 42.9 | 35.1 | 55.0 |
| Min (F) | 16.9 | 17.4 | 23.2 | 30.5 | 39.9 | 48.7 | 55.6 | 54.6 | 45.1 | 34.2 | 24.1 | 16.4 | 34.0 |
| Mean (F) | 26.5 | 27.1 | 33.3 | 41.0 | 50.5 | 59.8 | 67.3 | 66.5 | 56.7 | 44.7 | 33.5 | 25.8 | 44.5 |
| Precip (inches) | 1.34 | 1.58 | 2.58 | 3.55 | 4.64 | 3.57 | 2.76 | 2.09 | 1.99 | 3.04 | 1.83 | 1.51 | 30.48 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 23.8 | 24.9 | 32.9 | 32.8 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 19.6 | 25.1 | 27.0 | 197.5 |
| HDD | 1195 | 1061 | 984 | 721 | 453 | 195 | 54 | 65 | 278 | 630 | 945 | 1217 | 7797 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 125 | 110 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 309 |
Top Ten Information for March | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 46.0 | 1910 | 1 | 17.9 | 1965 | ||
| 44.8 | 2012 | 2 | 20.8 | 1924 | ||
| 41.9 | 1918 | 3 | 21.4 | 1932 | ||
| 41.0 | 2007 | 4 | 22.7 | 1912 | ||
| 40.5 | 1986 | 5 | 23.2 | 2002 | ||
| 39.5 | 1946 | 6 | 24.0 | 1955 | ||
| 39.1 | 1911 | 7 | 24.1 | 1913 | ||
| 37.7 | 1992 | 8 | 24.5 | 1944 | ||
| 37.5 | 2004 | 9 | 24.6 | 1996 | ||
| 37.1 | 1981 | 10 | 24.7 | 1943 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 7.59 in 1973 | 5.65 on 3/14/1973 | 1 | 0.18 | 1981 | ||
| 7.25 in 1977 | 2.67 on 3/11/1988 | 2 | 0.39 | 2012 | ||
| 5.46 in 1988 | 2.32 on 3/29/1977 | 3 | 0.52 | 1948 | ||
| 5.12 in 2009 | 2.01 on 3/24/2009 | 4 | 0.54 | 1939 | ||
| 4.79 in 1916 | 1.98 on 3/30/1977 | 5 | 0.55 | 1922 | ||
| 4.61 in 1950 | 1.84 on 3/8/2000 | 6 | 0.58 | 1958 | ||
| 4.38 in 1987 | 1.78 on 3/16/1963 | 7 | 0.60 | 1978 | ||
| 4.00 in 1996 | 1.57 on 3/21/1987 | 8 | 0.61 | 1961 | ||
| 3.41 in 1975 | 1.54 on 3/29/1916 | 9 | 0.82 | 1968 | ||
| 3.35 in 1966 | 1.42 on 3/22/1966 | 10 | 0.83 | 1938 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 93.5 in 1977 | 52.0 on 3/14/1973 | 1 | 0.0 | 1911 | ||
| 90.0 in 2009 | 40.2 on 3/11/1988 | 2 | 0.0 | 1910 | ||
| 86.1 in 1988 | 32.4 on 3/1/1998 | 3 | 1.0 | 1981 | ||
| 68.9 in 1973 | 30.2 on 3/24/2009 | 4 | 1.1 | 1938 | ||
| 68.8 in 1996 | 27.0 on 3/30/1977 | 5 | 2.7 | 2012 | ||
| 60.5 in 1987 | 26.3 on 3/30/2009 | 6 | 3.5 | 1939 | ||
| 58.6 in 1998 | 24.0 on 3/22/1966 | 7 | 3.8 | 1922 | ||
| 57.0 in 1966 | 22.7 on 3/21/1987 | 8 | 3.9 | 1928 | ||
| 54.8 in 1983 | 22.0 on 3/3/1966 | 9 | 5.1 | 1927 | ||
| 54.7 in 1975 | 20.8 on 3/8/2000 | 10 | 5.7 | 1934 | ||
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