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Latitude 44 43 N - Longitude 103 26 W - Elevation 2860 Feet
Station Record Begins 09/01/1920
Station Record Begins 09/01/1920
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) | 33.3 | 36.8 | 45.7 | 57.8 | 67.3 | 77.3 | 86.5 | 86.0 | 74.8 | 60.9 | 44.9 | 34.0 | 58.9 |
| Min (F) | 9.8 | 13.1 | 21.5 | 31.6 | 42.7 | 52.4 | 58.7 | 56.7 | 45.4 | 32.8 | 20.4 | 10.2 | 33.1 |
| Mean (F) | 21.5 | 25.0 | 33.6 | 44.7 | 55.0 | 64.8 | 72.6 | 71.4 | 60.1 | 46.8 | 32.7 | 22.1 | 46.0 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.30 | 0.45 | 1.03 | 1.71 | 3.09 | 2.77 | 1.92 | 1.16 | 1.06 | 1.35 | 0.64 | 0.38 | 15.86 |
| Snowfall (inches) | |||||||||||||
| HDD | 1347 | 1121 | 973 | 611 | 324 | 94 | 15 | 24 | 200 | 565 | 970 | 1330 | 7574 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 89 | 250 | 221 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 631 |
Top Ten Information for May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 61.5 | 1977 | 1 | 49.2 | 1967 | ||
| 60.2 | 1987 | 2 | 49.5 | 1950 | ||
| 60.1 | 1958 | 3 | 50.3 | 1996 | ||
| 59.9 | 1980 | 4 | 50.6 | 2010 | ||
| 59.7 | 1988 | 5 | 50.6 | 2008 | ||
| 59.5 | 1994 | 6 | 50.7 | 2011 | ||
| 58.6 | 1992 | 7 | 50.9 | 1953 | ||
| 57.9 | 1955 | 8 | 51.0 | 1995 | ||
| 57.8 | 2007 | 9 | 51.2 | 1983 | ||
| 57.8 | 1998 | 10 | 51.6 | 1968 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 09.37 in 2008 | 2.71 on 5/20/1982 | 1 | 0.37 | 1994 | ||
| 8.87 in 2011 | 2.40 on 5/20/2011 | 2 | 0.55 | 1958 | ||
| 8.60 in 1962 | 2.20 on 5/23/2008 | 3 | 0.68 | 2001 | ||
| 8.10 in 1982 | 2.20 on 5/22/1962 | 4 | 0.70 | 1966 | ||
| 6.52 in 1996 | 1.80 on 5/9/1965 | 5 | 0.71 | 1998 | ||
| 6.25 in 1965 | 1.74 on 5/24/1990 | 6 | 0.71 | 1961 | ||
| 5.58 in 1995 | 1.73 on 5/2/2008 | 7 | 0.72 | 2009 | ||
| 4.95 in 2010 | 1.73 on 5/27/1996 | 8 | 0.81 | 1984 | ||
| 4.39 in 1987 | 1.70 on 5/23/2011 | 9 | 0.88 | 1979 | ||
| 4.13 in 1991 | 1.58 on 5/9/1995 | 10 | 0.96 | 1980 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 15.8 in 1967 | 15.8 on 5/1/1967 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 12.0 in 2008 | 12.0 on 5/2/2008 | 2 | ||||
| 10.2 in 1950 | 8.0 on 5/12/2005 | 3 | ||||
| 8.0 in 2005 | 8.0 on 5/9/1965 | 4 | ||||
| 8.0 in 1965 | 7.0 on 5/8/1950 | 5 | ||||
| 6.0 in 1983 | 6.0 on 5/12/1983 | 6 | ||||
| 4.0 in 1991 | 4.0 on 5/3/1991 | 7 | ||||
| 2.4 in 1948 | 3.2 on 5/4/1950 | 8 | ||||
| 2.0 in 2010 | 2.4 on 5/10/1948 | 9 | ||||
| 2.0 in 1979 | 2.0 on 5/7/2010 | 10 | ||||
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