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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 October | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 54.2 | 1950 | 1 | 39.7 | 2009 | ||
| 53.5 | 2010 | 2 | 41.9 | 2002 | ||
| 53.4 | 1965 | 3 | 43.3 | 1969 | ||
| 53.1 | 1973 | 4 | 45.0 | 1993 | ||
| 52.8 | 2003 | 5 | 45.7 | 1970 | ||
| 52.5 | 1968 | 6 | 46.5 | 1976 | ||
| 52.3 | 1962 | 7 | 46.5 | 1959 | ||
| 52.1 | 2007 | 8 | 46.8 | 1984 | ||
| 52.1 | 1974 | 9 | 47.1 | 2012 | ||
| 52.0 | 1979 | 10 | 47.3 | 2006 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 4.04 in 1994 | 1.57 on 10/9/1982 | 1 | TR | 1955 | ||
| 2.99 in 2009 | 1.36 on 10/15/1980 | 2 | 0.08 | 1958 | ||
| 2.99 in 1982 | 1.35 on 10/29/1948 | 3 | 0.14 | 2006 | ||
| 2.79 in 1998 | 1.28 on 10/7/1994 | 4 | 0.14 | 1960 | ||
| 2.02 in 1995 | 1.25 on 10/9/1985 | 5 | 0.14 | 1956 | ||
| 1.95 in 1985 | 1.21 on 10/7/1970 | 6 | 0.19 | 1999 | ||
| 1.93 in 1997 | 1.20 on 10/14/2007 | 7 | 0.23 | 1988 | ||
| 1.89 in 1971 | 1.10 on 10/28/1991 | 8 | 0.26 | 1989 | ||
| 1.88 in 1957 | 1.05 on 10/6/1962 | 9 | 0.26 | 1953 | ||
| 1.77 in 2000 | 0.98 on 10/31/1964 | 10 | 0.27 | 2010 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 13.0 in 1991 | 12.0 on 10/28/1991 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 11.2 in 1970 | 8.1 on 10/7/1970 | 2 | ||||
| 10.0 in 1995 | 6.0 on 10/25/1954 | 3 | ||||
| 7.5 in 1975 | 5.0 on 10/31/1995 | 4 | ||||
| 7.5 in 1971 | 5.0 on 10/23/1995 | 5 | ||||
| 6.7 in 1993 | 5.0 on 10/29/1979 | 6 | ||||
| 6.5 in 1972 | 5.0 on 10/30/1972 | 7 | ||||
| 6.3 in 2009 | 5.0 on 10/28/1971 | 8 | ||||
| 6.0 in 1954 | 4.8 on 10/12/1969 | 9 | ||||
| 5.5 in 2002 | 4.5 on 10/21/1981 | 10 | ||||
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