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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 November | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 45.0 | 1949 | 1 | 17.6 | 1985 | ||
| 44.8 | 1999 | 2 | 24.5 | 1955 | ||
| 41.9 | 2005 | 3 | 25.0 | 1996 | ||
| 41.4 | 2009 | 4 | 26.6 | 2000 | ||
| 41.0 | 1990 | 5 | 26.6 | 1955 | ||
| 41.0 | 1981 | 6 | 27.4 | 1993 | ||
| 39.7 | 1987 | 7 | 28.1 | 1959 | ||
| 39.6 | 2001 | 8 | 29.4 | 1978 | ||
| 39.6 | 1963 | 9 | 29.6 | 2003 | ||
| 39.4 | 1969 | 10 | 30.4 | 1986 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 1.81 in 1983 | 0.93 on 11/8/1983 | 1 | TR | 1997 | ||
| 1.60 in 1985 | 0.81 on 11/12/1959 | 2 | TR | 1949 | ||
| 1.59 in 1998 | 0.70 on 11/1/1992 | 3 | 0.03 | 1951 | ||
| 1.22 in 1959 | 0.68 on 11/1/1982 | 4 | 0.05 | 2005 | ||
| 1.19 in 1960 | 0.64 on 11/8/1977 | 5 | 0.05 | 1963 | ||
| 1.04 in 1977 | 0.60 on 11/2/2009 | 6 | 0.13 | 1989 | ||
| 0.91 in 1988 | 0.60 on 11/3/1998 | 7 | 0.14 | 1981 | ||
| 0.91 in 1973 | 0.56 on 11/13/1993 | 8 | 0.14 | 1953 | ||
| 0.89 in 1992 | 0.50 on 11/2/1961 | 9 | 0.16 | 2002 | ||
| 0.88 in 1993 | 0.49 on 11/15/1988 | 10 | 0.16 | 1957 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 26.3 in 1985 | 11.4 on 11/12/1959 | 1 | 0.0 | 2009 | ||
| 22.6 in 1983 | 8.0 on 11/21/1983 | 2 | 0.0 | 1990 | ||
| 18.0 in 1998 | 8.0 on 11/8/1983 | 3 | 0.0 | 1987 | ||
| 14.9 in 1959 | 7.0 on 11/17/1952 | 4 | 0.0 | 1953 | ||
| 13.0 in 1956 | 6.5 on 11/26/1976 | 5 | 0.0 | 1949 | ||
| 12.0 in 1952 | 6.0 on 11/26/2012 | 6 | TR | 1997 | ||
| 11.0 in 1960 | 6.0 on 11/3/2003 | 7 | TR | 1994 | ||
| 10.9 in 1977 | 6.0 on 11/4/1998 | 8 | TR | 1963 | ||
| 10.5 in 2003 | 5.9 on 11/8/1977 | 9 | TR | 1962 | ||
| 10.5 in 1986 | 5.0 on 11/10/1995 | 10 | 0.9 | 1974 | ||
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