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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 January | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 37.1 | 2006 | 1 | 6.9 | 1979 | ||
| 34.0 | 1953 | 2 | 8.2 | 1949 | ||
| 33.4 | 1990 | 3 | 11.7 | 1978 | ||
| 32.0 | 1981 | 4 | 12.7 | 1963 | ||
| 31.1 | 1983 | 5 | 14.6 | 1982 | ||
| 30.8 | 1958 | 6 | 15.4 | 1950 | ||
| 30.5 | 1992 | 7 | 15.5 | 1993 | ||
| 30.0 | 1989 | 8 | 16.2 | 1977 | ||
| 29.8 | 2001 | 9 | 16.3 | 1996 | ||
| 29.3 | 1987 | 10 | 17.3 | 1966 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.34 in 1963 | 0.72 on 1/4/1949 | 1 | TR | 1989 | ||
| 1.13 in 1949 | 0.70 on 1/4/1997 | 2 | TR | 1987 | ||
| 0.96 in 1997 | 0.63 on 1/17/1995 | 3 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 0.87 in 1965 | 0.54 on 1/1/1960 | 4 | TR | 1948 | ||
| 0.80 in 1986 | 0.51 on 1/1/1976 | 5 | 0.01 | 1958 | ||
| 0.78 in 2000 | 0.46 on 1/21/1974 | 6 | 0.03 | 1954 | ||
| 0.73 in 1960 | 0.42 on 1/12/2013 | 7 | 0.04 | 1990 | ||
| 0.70 in 2012 | 0.41 on 1/22/1965 | 8 | 0.04 | 1951 | ||
| 0.66 in 1979 | 0.40 on 1/24/1986 | 9 | 0.05 | 2002 | ||
| 0.64 in 2009 | 0.40 on 1/21/1986 | 10 | 0.06 | 1991 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 38.0 in 1949 | 20.0 on 1/4/1949 | 1 | TR | 1989 | ||
| 15.1 in 2011 | 11.0 on 1/9/1993 | 2 | TR | 1987 | ||
| 14.3 in 1982 | 10.0 on 1/3/1949 | 3 | TR | 1958 | ||
| 13.8 in 1963 | 9.7 on 1/1/1976 | 4 | TR | 1952 | ||
| 13.5 in 1993 | 6.1 on 1/21/1974 | 5 | TR | 1948 | ||
| 12.8 in 2000 | 6.0 on 1/12/2013 | 6 | 0.5 | 2002 | ||
| 12.3 in 1994 | 6.0 on 1/1/2011 | 7 | 0.5 | 1972 | ||
| 11.5 in 1996 | 6.0 on 1/22/2003 | 8 | 0.6 | 2012 | ||
| 10.9 in 1999 | 6.0 on 1/28/2000 | 9 | 1.0 | 1990 | ||
| 10.9 in 1976 | 6.0 on 1/17/1995 | 10 | 1.0 | 1961 | ||
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