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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 January | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 38.3 | 2006 | 1 | 7.5 | 1937 | ||
| 32.8 | 1953 | 2 | 9.0 | 1930 | ||
| 31.9 | 1992 | 3 | 11.7 | 1949 | ||
| 30.8 | 1990 | 4 | 11.7 | 1929 | ||
| 30.6 | 1934 | 5 | 12.3 | 1957 | ||
| 30.2 | 1981 | 6 | 13.1 | 1963 | ||
| 29.7 | 1989 | 7 | 14.7 | 1982 | ||
| 29.7 | 1958 | 8 | 14.7 | 1972 | ||
| 29.7 | 1941 | 9 | 15.0 | 1978 | ||
| 29.4 | 1986 | 10 | 15.5 | 1977 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.30 in 1926 | 0.60 on 1/14/1953 | 1 | TR | 1964 | ||
| 1.22 in 1999 | 0.40 on 1/3/1922 | 2 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 1.11 in 1965 | 0.40 on 1/19/1926 | 3 | 0.02 | 2006 | ||
| 1.06 in 2009 | 0.38 on 1/10/1938 | 4 | 0.02 | 1954 | ||
| 1.02 in 1918 | 0.36 on 1/3/1926 | 5 | 0.04 | 1919 | ||
| 1.00 in 2003 | 0.35 on 1/26/2003 | 6 | 0.05 | 1989 | ||
| 0.98 in 2011 | 0.35 on 1/4/1955 | 7 | 0.07 | 1987 | ||
| 0.97 in 1938 | 0.35 on 1/20/1963 | 8 | 0.08 | 1995 | ||
| 0.95 in 1972 | 0.35 on 1/12/1979 | 9 | 0.09 | 1990 | ||
| 0.90 in 1996 | 0.34 on 1/28/2000 | 10 | 0.09 | 1984 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 20.5 in 1963 | 7.0 on 1/22/2003 | 1 | TR | 2006 | ||
| 16.0 in 2003 | 7.0 on 1/20/1963 | 2 | TR | 1964 | ||
| 14.0 in 1994 | 6.0 on 1/26/2003 | 3 | TR | 1954 | ||
| 14.0 in 1926 | 6.0 on 1/3/1922 | 4 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 12.0 in 2008 | 6.0 on 1/18/1933 | 5 | 0.6 | 1919 | ||
| 12.0 in 1965 | 6.0 on 1/14/1953 | 6 | 1.0 | 2001 | ||
| 12.0 in 1932 | 6.0 on 1/2/1968 | 7 | 1.0 | 1995 | ||
| 11.7 in 1977 | 5.5 on 1/20/1970 | 8 | 1.0 | 1984 | ||
| 11.7 in 1937 | 5.2 on 1/28/1991 | 9 | 1.0 | 1928 | ||
| 11.5 in 1944 | 4.5 on 1/26/1918 | 10 | 1.3 | 2012 | ||
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