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Latitude 43 28 N - Longitude 101 30 W - Elevation 2470 Feet
Station Record Begins 07/17/1927
Station Record Begins 07/17/1927
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) | 37.7 | 40.7 | 49.7 | 60.9 | 71.2 | 80.9 | 88.8 | 88.2 | 78.2 | 63.6 | 47.5 | 37.8 | 62.2 |
| Min (F) | 14.0 | 16.6 | 24.4 | 33.7 | 44.5 | 54.1 | 60.5 | 58.8 | 48.7 | 36.4 | 24.0 | 14.8 | 36.0 |
| Mean (F) | 25.9 | 28.6 | 37.1 | 47.3 | 57.8 | 67.5 | 74.7 | 73.5 | 63.5 | 50.0 | 35.7 | 26.3 | 49.1 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.45 | 0.57 | 1.42 | 2.19 | 3.29 | 3.21 | 2.72 | 1.74 | 1.56 | 1.63 | 0.68 | 0.41 | 19.87 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 3.4 | 6.2 | 9.0 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 37.4 |
| HDD | 1214 | 1018 | 867 | 536 | 251 | 57 | 7 | 15 | 139 | 473 | 878 | 1200 | 6653 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 132 | 306 | 278 | 92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 852 |
Top Ten Information for May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 63.3 | 1977 | 1 | 51.3 | 1967 | ||
| 62.2 | 1994 | 2 | 52.0 | 1983 | ||
| 62.1 | 1985 | 3 | 52.1 | 1968 | ||
| 62.0 | 1949 | 4 | 53.3 | 1995 | ||
| 61.8 | 1987 | 5 | 54.0 | 1953 | ||
| 61.4 | 1958 | 6 | 54.1 | 2011 | ||
| 61.4 | 1955 | 7 | 54.2 | 2008 | ||
| 61.3 | 2007 | 8 | 54.4 | 1996 | ||
| 61.0 | 1969 | 9 | 54.8 | 2010 | ||
| 60.3 | 1964 | 10 | 54.8 | 2002 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.98 in 1996 | 2.43 on 5/27/1973 | 1 | 0.22 | 1985 | ||
| 6.98 in 1982 | 2.27 on 5/13/1982 | 2 | 0.56 | 1958 | ||
| 6.73 in 1995 | 2.21 on 5/14/1965 | 3 | 0.79 | 2009 | ||
| 6.46 in 1962 | 2.17 on 5/1/1983 | 4 | 0.79 | 1974 | ||
| 6.27 in 1991 | 2.15 on 5/23/2008 | 5 | 0.82 | 2006 | ||
| 5.91 in 2011 | 2.03 on 5/26/1955 | 6 | 0.91 | 1992 | ||
| 5.43 in 1990 | 1.91 on 5/14/1961 | 7 | 0.96 | 1980 | ||
| 5.34 in 2005 | 1.86 on 5/19/1990 | 8 | 0.99 | 1966 | ||
| 5.25 in 1952 | 1.78 on 5/29/1971 | 9 | 1.02 | 1963 | ||
| 5.11 in 1965 | 1.77 on 5/20/1988 | 10 | 1.27 | 1968 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 11.0 in 1950 | 6.0 on 5/5/1950 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 4.0 in 1948 | 4.0 on 5/10/1948 | 2 | ||||
| 3.0 in 2002 | 3.0 on 5/1/2002 | 3 | ||||
| 2.0 in 2010 | 3.0 on 5/7/1950 | 4 | ||||
| 2.0 in 1972 | 2.0 on 5/12/2010 | 5 | ||||
| 2.0 in 1966 | 2.0 on 5/1/1972 | 6 | ||||
| 2.0 in 1954 | 2.0 on 5/11/1966 | 7 | ||||
| 1.0 in 2008 | 2.0 on 5/2/1954 | 8 | ||||
| 1.0 in 1991 | 2.0 on 5/8/1950 | 9 | ||||
| 1.0 in 1967 | 1.0 on 5/2/2008 | 10 | ||||
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