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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 October | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 56.0 | 1963 | 1 | 34.1 | 1925 | ||
| 53.5 | 1938 | 2 | 34.7 | 1919 | ||
| 53.2 | 1953 | 3 | 34.9 | 2009 | ||
| 52.8 | 1947 | 4 | 36.8 | 2002 | ||
| 52.8 | 1940 | 5 | 36.9 | 1969 | ||
| 52.6 | 1965 | 6 | 38.6 | 1946 | ||
| 52.2 | 1910 | 7 | 39.7 | 1923 | ||
| 51.6 | 1950 | 8 | 40.1 | 1932 | ||
| 51.6 | 1943 | 9 | 40.3 | 1913 | ||
| 51.6 | 1921 | 10 | 41.0 | 1970 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 09.30 in 1994 | 5.14 on 10/6/1994 | 1 | TR | 1965 | ||
| 09.27 in 1998 | 4.64 on 10/10/2010 | 2 | 0.18 | 1952 | ||
| 7.67 in 1982 | 3.51 on 10/9/1982 | 3 | 0.18 | 1938 | ||
| 6.94 in 1995 | 3.43 on 10/26/1996 | 4 | 0.21 | 1937 | ||
| 6.24 in 2010 | 3.34 on 10/5/1998 | 5 | 0.33 | 1921 | ||
| 5.99 in 1996 | 1.99 on 10/17/1998 | 6 | 0.34 | 1953 | ||
| 5.44 in 2009 | 1.98 on 10/2/1971 | 7 | 0.41 | 1999 | ||
| 4.37 in 1971 | 1.95 on 10/22/1995 | 8 | 0.48 | 1968 | ||
| 3.28 in 1932 | 1.80 on 10/2/1930 | 9 | 0.48 | 1935 | ||
| 3.16 in 1919 | 1.75 on 10/21/1958 | 10 | 0.48 | 1933 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 70.2 in 1995 | 38.9 on 10/26/1996 | 1 | 0.0 | 1945 | ||
| 64.3 in 1982 | 33.4 on 10/5/1998 | 2 | 0.0 | 1940 | ||
| 61.3 in 1998 | 31.1 on 10/9/1982 | 3 | 0.0 | 1938 | ||
| 61.1 in 1996 | 26.7 on 10/22/1995 | 4 | 0.0 | 1934 | ||
| 53.3 in 2009 | 17.7 on 10/17/1998 | 5 | 0.0 | 1924 | ||
| 37.7 in 1971 | 17.3 on 10/29/2009 | 6 | 0.0 | 1921 | ||
| 28.4 in 1932 | 17.0 on 10/21/1958 | 7 | 0.0 | 1915 | ||
| 24.8 in 1991 | 16.9 on 10/5/1995 | 8 | 0.0 | 1909 | ||
| 24.1 in 2002 | 16.9 on 10/19/1932 | 9 | TR | MANY | ||
| 21.5 in 1954 | 15.0 on 10/29/2002 | 10 | ||||
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