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Latitude 43 51 N - Longitude 104 13 W - Elevation 4315 Feet
Station Record Begins 07/01/1906
Station Record Begins 07/01/1906
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) | 36.4 | 39.8 | 49.5 | 59.5 | 69.0 | 79.4 | 88.8 | 87.3 | 75.6 | 61.4 | 45.9 | 35.5 | 60.8 |
| Min (F) | 13.0 | 15.3 | 24.1 | 32.7 | 42.2 | 51.4 | 58.7 | 57.1 | 46.7 | 34.4 | 22.5 | 12.8 | 34.3 |
| Mean (F) | 24.7 | 27.6 | 36.8 | 46.1 | 55.6 | 65.4 | 73.8 | 72.2 | 61.2 | 47.9 | 34.2 | 24.1 | 47.6 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.41 | 0.64 | 0.86 | 1.64 | 2.64 | 2.46 | 2.28 | 1.69 | 1.29 | 1.30 | 0.69 | 0.54 | 16.44 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 6.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 40.3 |
| HDD | 1249 | 1048 | 874 | 569 | 308 | 92 | 12 | 20 | 179 | 532 | 924 | 1266 | 7075 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 104 | 283 | 243 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 715 |
Top Ten Information for February | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 37.9 | 1992 | 1 | 7.1 | 1936 | ||
| 37.9 | 1954 | 2 | 14.8 | 1929 | ||
| 37.0 | 1991 | 3 | 16.4 | 1933 | ||
| 34.9 | 1999 | 4 | 16.7 | 1939 | ||
| 34.2 | 1998 | 5 | 16.8 | 1989 | ||
| 33.7 | 2000 | 6 | 17.3 | 1922 | ||
| 33.1 | 2005 | 7 | 18.8 | 2011 | ||
| 33.0 | 1983 | 8 | 18.9 | 1960 | ||
| 32.9 | 1931 | 9 | 19.3 | 1923 | ||
| 32.7 | 1987 | 10 | 19.6 | 1993 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.56 in 1987 | 0.53 on 2/13/1990 | 1 | TR | 1983 | ||
| 1.39 in 2003 | 0.49 on 2/17/1991 | 2 | 0.01 | 1950 | ||
| 1.29 in 2007 | 0.45 on 2/7/2001 | 3 | 0.05 | 1949 | ||
| 1.26 in 1959 | 0.44 on 2/19/1986 | 4 | 0.06 | 1947 | ||
| 1.13 in 2012 | 0.41 on 2/4/1987 | 5 | 0.08 | 1970 | ||
| 1.06 in 1994 | 0.41 on 2/2/1919 | 6 | 0.08 | 1954 | ||
| 1.05 in 1986 | 0.40 on 2/5/2010 | 7 | 0.10 | 1952 | ||
| 1.04 in 1976 | 0.40 on 2/13/2009 | 8 | 0.12 | 1985 | ||
| 0.99 in 2001 | 0.40 on 2/23/1992 | 9 | 0.12 | 1977 | ||
| 0.98 in 2011 | 0.40 on 2/26/1987 | 10 | 0.13 | 1957 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 25.0 in 1955 | 12.0 on 2/18/1955 | 1 | 0.0 | 1992 | ||
| 20.0 in 1994 | 10.0 on 2/2/1919 | 2 | 0.0 | 1977 | ||
| 19.0 in 1987 | 9.5 on 2/24/2011 | 3 | 0.0 | 1949 | ||
| 16.0 in 2003 | 8.0 on 2/3/1955 | 4 | TR | 1983 | ||
| 16.0 in 1978 | 7.0 on 2/13/1990 | 5 | 0.2 | 1950 | ||
| 15.1 in 1959 | 6.0 on 2/13/2009 | 6 | 0.3 | 1970 | ||
| 15.0 in 2011 | 6.0 on 2/7/2001 | 7 | 0.8 | 1954 | ||
| 15.0 in 2001 | 6.0 on 2/4/1987 | 8 | 0.8 | 1952 | ||
| 13.8 in 1989 | 6.0 on 2/26/1987 | 9 | 1.0 | 1999 | ||
| 13.5 in 1919 | 5.5 on 2/23/2012 | 10 | 1.0 | 1963 | ||
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