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Latitude 43 11 N - Longitude 103 14 W - Elevation 3340 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893
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) | 36.8 | 40.7 | 50.5 | 60.6 | 70.1 | 80.2 | 89.7 | 89.0 | 78.4 | 63.9 | 47.8 | 36.3 | 62.1 |
| Min (F) | 12.2 | 14.6 | 22.5 | 31.2 | 41.6 | 50.6 | 57.6 | 56.1 | 45.7 | 33.2 | 21.2 | 11.9 | 33.3 |
| Mean (F) | 24.5 | 27.6 | 36.5 | 45.9 | 55.8 | 65.4 | 73.7 | 72.5 | 62.0 | 48.6 | 34.5 | 24.1 | 47.7 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.38 | 0.47 | 1.12 | 1.87 | 3.01 | 2.99 | 1.95 | 1.40 | 1.44 | 1.32 | 0.60 | 0.38 | 16.93 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 5.8 | 6.9 | 8.7 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 43.3 |
| HDD | 1256 | 1046 | 884 | 574 | 297 | 82 | 11 | 15 | 156 | 512 | 915 | 1268 | 7014 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 94 | 278 | 248 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 705 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 78.3 | 1983 | 1 | 66.2 | 1992 | ||
| 77.4 | 1970 | 2 | 68.0 | 1966 | ||
| 77.2 | 2003 | 3 | 68.4 | 1977 | ||
| 76.6 | 1961 | 4 | 68.5 | 1993 | ||
| 76.2 | 1973 | 5 | 69.0 | 2009 | ||
| 76.1 | 1971 | 6 | 69.0 | 1968 | ||
| 75.8 | 1984 | 7 | 69.1 | 1950 | ||
| 75.7 | 2007 | 8 | 69.6 | 2004 | ||
| 75.7 | 2000 | 9 | 69.6 | 1974 | ||
| 75.7 | 1959 | 10 | 69.8 | 1965 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 5.19 in 1974 | 4.10 on 8/22/1974 | 1 | 0.05 | 1961 | ||
| 4.73 in 1966 | 1.72 on 8/6/2002 | 2 | 0.10 | 1970 | ||
| 4.66 in 1968 | 1.71 on 8/1/1999 | 3 | 0.16 | 1971 | ||
| 3.57 in 1996 | 1.53 on 8/30/1996 | 4 | 0.17 | 1995 | ||
| 3.31 in 1979 | 1.52 on 8/9/1968 | 5 | 0.19 | 2012 | ||
| 3.03 in 1998 | 1.48 on 8/12/1966 | 6 | 0.24 | 1959 | ||
| 2.98 in 1980 | 1.34 on 8/17/1989 | 7 | 0.25 | 1967 | ||
| 2.85 in 1977 | 1.32 on 8/19/1979 | 8 | 0.37 | 1958 | ||
| 2.58 in 2002 | 1.27 on 8/20/1966 | 9 | 0.39 | 2000 | ||
| 2.56 in 1965 | 1.20 on 8/28/1968 | 10 | 0.40 | 1969 | ||
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