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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 September | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 63.6 | 1948 | 1 | 44.4 | 1965 | ||
| 63.2 | 1940 | 2 | 48.5 | 1912 | ||
| 63.1 | 1979 | 3 | 50.1 | 1961 | ||
| 63.0 | 1998 | 4 | 50.5 | 1993 | ||
| 62.6 | 1938 | 5 | 50.6 | 1951 | ||
| 62.4 | 1952 | 6 | 50.8 | 1929 | ||
| 62.2 | 1931 | 7 | 51.9 | 1985 | ||
| 62.1 | 1990 | 8 | 51.9 | 1934 | ||
| 62.1 | 1963 | 9 | 52.0 | 1986 | ||
| 61.8 | 1978 | 10 | 52.5 | 1999 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.77 in 2006 | 3.39 on 9/5/1971 | 1 | TR | 2012 | ||
| 5.40 in 2002 | 3.05 on 9/18/2002 | 2 | 0.04 | 1958 | ||
| 5.38 in 1971 | 2.87 on 9/22/2006 | 3 | 0.10 | 1952 | ||
| 5.08 in 1923 | 2.83 on 9/30/1962 | 4 | 0.16 | 1922 | ||
| 5.04 in 1946 | 2.35 on 9/16/1913 | 5 | 0.21 | 1969 | ||
| 4.79 in 1967 | 2.32 on 9/13/1966 | 6 | 0.29 | 1921 | ||
| 4.38 in 1986 | 2.19 on 9/28/1923 | 7 | 0.32 | 1975 | ||
| 4.18 in 1950 | 2.00 on 9/23/2006 | 8 | 0.32 | 1953 | ||
| 4.10 in 1912 | 1.92 on 9/14/1928 | 9 | 0.32 | 1943 | ||
| 4.01 in 1966 | 1.90 on 9/15/1967 | 10 | 0.35 | 1972 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 18.0 in 1965 | 8.0 on 9/16/1965 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 15.4 in 1985 | 7.6 on 9/25/1996 | 2 | ||||
| 13.3 in 1912 | 6.6 on 9/22/2000 | 3 | ||||
| 10.8 in 2000 | 6.0 on 9/25/1965 | 4 | ||||
| 09.3 in 1995 | 5.7 on 9/17/2003 | 5 | ||||
| 8.1 in 1996 | 4.9 on 9/24/1912 | 6 | ||||
| 7.5 in 1961 | 4.8 on 9/25/1985 | 7 | ||||
| 6.8 in 2003 | 4.6 on 9/15/1912 | 8 | ||||
| 6.5 in 1970 | 4.0 on 9/25/1955 | 9 | ||||
| 6.0 in 1955 | 3.9 on 9/23/2000 | 10 | ||||
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