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Latitude 45 56 N - Longitude 102 09 W - Elevation 2567 Feet
Station Record Begins 05/01/1908
Station Record Begins 05/01/1908
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) | 28.9 | 33.2 | 43.6 | 58.1 | 68.9 | 77.6 | 86.0 | 85.4 | 74.6 | 59.8 | 41.9 | 30.1 | 57.5 |
| Min (F) | 8.9 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 32.0 | 43.1 | 52.3 | 58.4 | 56.9 | 46.4 | 34.5 | 21.5 | 10.6 | 33.3 |
| Mean (F) | 18.9 | 23.0 | 32.3 | 45.1 | 56.0 | 65.0 | 72.2 | 71.1 | 60.5 | 47.1 | 31.7 | 20.4 | 45.4 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.35 | 0.49 | 1.01 | 1.62 | 2.85 | 2.89 | 2.80 | 1.99 | 1.41 | 1.33 | 0.70 | 0.42 | 17.86 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.6 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.1 | 7.9 | 40.6 |
| HDD | 1429 | 1175 | 1012 | 600 | 296 | 88 | 15 | 26 | 191 | 557 | 999 | 1384 | 7772 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 86 | 238 | 217 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 619 |
Top Ten Information for December | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 30.3 | 1999 | 1 | 0.5 | 1983 | ||
| 28.7 | 1997 | 2 | 8.0 | 1964 | ||
| 28.5 | 1991 | 3 | 8.8 | 1951 | ||
| 28.0 | 1979 | 4 | 9.3 | 1996 | ||
| 28.0 | 1957 | 5 | 9.3 | 1984 | ||
| 27.9 | 1954 | 6 | 10.0 | 1968 | ||
| 27.7 | 2002 | 7 | 10.1 | 2000 | ||
| 27.3 | 2011 | 8 | 10.8 | 1978 | ||
| 27.3 | 1959 | 9 | 10.9 | 1955 | ||
| 26.9 | 2004 | 10 | 11.3 | 2009 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 2.30 in 1972 | 1.16 on 12/17/1967 | 1 | TR | 2004 | ||
| 1.64 in 1989 | 0.83 on 12/29/1972 | 2 | TR | 1997 | ||
| 1.57 in 1967 | 0.70 on 12/29/2005 | 3 | TR | 1986 | ||
| 1.17 in 1996 | 0.65 on 12/26/1988 | 4 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 1.15 in 2009 | 0.60 on 12/18/2002 | 5 | 0.01 | 1954 | ||
| 1.14 in 1968 | 0.55 on 12/17/1993 | 6 | 0.02 | 1950 | ||
| 1.06 in 2005 | 0.52 on 12/30/1972 | 7 | 0.03 | 2001 | ||
| 1.06 in 1977 | 0.45 on 12/31/1975 | 8 | 0.04 | 1991 | ||
| 1.00 in 1993 | 0.40 on 12/26/2009 | 9 | 0.07 | 2006 | ||
| 1.00 in 1988 | 0.40 on 12/21/2009 | 10 | 0.07 | 1999 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 35.5 in 2009 | 16.0 on 12/26/2009 | 1 | TR | 2004 | ||
| 23.5 in 1996 | 11.6 on 12/17/1967 | 2 | TR | 1997 | ||
| 17.8 in 1972 | 10.0 on 12/14/1996 | 3 | TR | 1986 | ||
| 17.7 in 1967 | 9.0 on 12/29/1972 | 4 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 17.2 in 1968 | 6.6 on 12/29/2005 | 5 | 0.1 | 2001 | ||
| 15.9 in 1984 | 6.6 on 12/7/1971 | 6 | 0.2 | 1954 | ||
| 15.5 in 1989 | 6.0 on 12/30/2010 | 7 | 0.2 | 1950 | ||
| 15.0 in 2010 | 6.0 on 12/18/2002 | 8 | 0.4 | 1991 | ||
| 14.5 in 2008 | 5.2 on 12/30/1972 | 9 | 1.0 | 2006 | ||
| 13.6 in 1969 | 5.0 on 12/2/1996 | 10 | 1.0 | 1995 | ||
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