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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 November | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 45.6 | 1999 | 1 | 18.0 | 1985 | ||
| 45.6 | 1917 | 2 | 24.0 | 2000 | ||
| 42.7 | 1949 | 3 | 24.6 | 1955 | ||
| 41.5 | 1939 | 4 | 26.5 | 1911 | ||
| 41.4 | 1914 | 5 | 26.6 | 1959 | ||
| 40.9 | 1954 | 6 | 26.8 | 1947 | ||
| 40.6 | 1913 | 7 | 27.2 | 1919 | ||
| 40.3 | 2001 | 8 | 27.3 | 1993 | ||
| 40.1 | 1909 | 9 | 27.7 | 1996 | ||
| 40.0 | 1912 | 10 | 28.4 | 1929 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.30 in 1956 | 3.30 on 11/1/2000 | 1 | 0.03 | 1917 | ||
| 5.58 in 2008 | 3.16 on 11/6/2008 | 2 | 0.08 | 1939 | ||
| 5.17 in 2000 | 2.62 on 11/5/1922 | 3 | 0.10 | 1912 | ||
| 4.18 in 1948 | 1.92 on 11/3/1956 | 4 | 0.20 | 1914 | ||
| 4.13 in 1922 | 1.91 on 11/14/1944 | 5 | 0.20 | 1913 | ||
| 3.94 in 1970 | 1.87 on 11/14/1956 | 6 | 0.30 | 1963 | ||
| 3.86 in 1944 | 1.34 on 11/2/1956 | 7 | 0.34 | 1965 | ||
| 3.75 in 1959 | 1.22 on 11/18/1999 | 8 | 0.38 | 1925 | ||
| 3.09 in 1992 | 1.22 on 11/26/1993 | 9 | 0.41 | 2009 | ||
| 2.81 in 1993 | 1.19 on 11/4/1948 | 10 | 0.42 | 1945 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 74.9 in 1956 | 45.1 on 11/6/2008 | 1 | 0.0 | 1939 | ||
| 62.9 in 2000 | 31.9 on 11/1/2000 | 2 | 0.0 | 1917 | ||
| 61.7 in 2008 | 30.5 on 11/26/1993 | 3 | 0.4 | 1925 | ||
| 58.2 in 1993 | 29.4 on 11/29/2010 | 4 | 0.4 | 1912 | ||
| 49.6 in 1959 | 26.2 on 11/5/1922 | 5 | 0.6 | 1909 | ||
| 44.3 in 2010 | 22.0 on 11/3/1956 | 6 | 0.9 | 1949 | ||
| 42.0 in 1992 | 22.0 on 11/14/1956 | 7 | 1.0 | 1913 | ||
| 41.9 in 1991 | 21.0 on 11/10/1978 | 8 | 1.2 | 1914 | ||
| 40.2 in 1922 | 19.5 on 11/26/1976 | 9 | 1.5 | 1945 | ||
| 39.0 in 1970 | 19.1 on 11/14/1944 | 10 | 1.5 | 1933 | ||
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