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Latitude 44 03 N - Longitude 103 03 W - Elevation 3160 Feet
Station Record Begins 08/01/1942
Station Record Begins 08/01/1942
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) | 37.1 | 39.6 | 47.9 | 58.3 | 67.8 | 77.8 | 87.1 | 86.4 | 75.6 | 61.4 | 47.0 | 36.9 | 60.4 |
| Min (F) | 12.9 | 15.1 | 22.9 | 31.8 | 42.1 | 51.2 | 58.1 | 56.6 | 46.0 | 34.1 | 22.1 | 13.0 | 33.9 |
| Mean (F) | 25.0 | 27.4 | 35.4 | 45.0 | 55.0 | 64.5 | 72.6 | 71.5 | 60.8 | 47.7 | 34.5 | 24.9 | 47.1 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.30 | 0.44 | 0.93 | 1.80 | 3.22 | 2.53 | 1.85 | 1.56 | 1.29 | 1.42 | 0.53 | 0.42 | 16.29 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.4 | 5.8 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 41.1 |
| HDD | 1240 | 1054 | 918 | 601 | 325 | 99 | 15 | 22 | 187 | 538 | 913 | 1241 | 7152 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 84 | 250 | 223 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 636 |
Top Ten Information for April | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 52.3 | 1946 | 1 | 36.7 | 2013 | ||
| 52.0 | 1985 | 2 | 38.0 | 1950 | ||
| 51.6 | 1987 | 3 | 38.3 | 1953 | ||
| 51.5 | 1981 | 4 | 38.6 | 1966 | ||
| 50.4 | 2012 | 5 | 38.7 | 1997 | ||
| 50.3 | 1943 | 6 | 39.1 | 1956 | ||
| 50.2 | 1952 | 7 | 39.2 | 1970 | ||
| 50.0 | 2006 | 8 | 39.9 | 2009 | ||
| 49.8 | 1955 | 9 | 40.3 | 1995 | ||
| 49.7 | 1949 | 10 | 40.5 | 1975 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 5.16 in 1967 | 3.19 on 4/5/1997 | 1 | 0.02 | 1987 | ||
| 4.80 in 1997 | 2.06 on 4/30/1967 | 2 | 0.27 | 1954 | ||
| 4.74 in 1986 | 1.67 on 4/18/1970 | 3 | 0.28 | 1998 | ||
| 4.63 in 1970 | 1.64 on 4/25/1984 | 4 | 0.31 | 1979 | ||
| 3.95 in 2000 | 1.28 on 4/26/1986 | 5 | 0.32 | 1985 | ||
| 3.80 in 1963 | 1.25 on 4/30/1993 | 6 | 0.32 | 1981 | ||
| 3.65 in 2009 | 1.23 on 4/30/1946 | 7 | 0.32 | 1952 | ||
| 3.10 in 1984 | 1.21 on 4/9/2013 | 8 | 0.50 | 2004 | ||
| 3.08 in 2012 | 1.20 on 4/19/2000 | 9 | 0.50 | 1945 | ||
| 3.05 in 1993 | 1.18 on 4/19/1967 | 10 | 0.51 | 1951 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 43.4 in 2013 | 20.0 on 4/9/2013 | 1 | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| 30.6 in 1970 | 18.0 on 4/22/2001 | 2 | 0.0 | 1944 | ||
| 22.1 in 1984 | 15.6 on 4/18/1970 | 3 | 0.0 | 1943 | ||
| 21.9 in 2009 | 14.0 on 4/19/2000 | 4 | Trace | 2005 | ||
| 19.0 in 2000 | 13.6 on 4/30/1967 | 5 | Trace | 1981 | ||
| 18.0 in 2001 | 12.4 on 4/4/2009 | 6 | Trace | 1949 | ||
| 16.2 in 1957 | 9.4 on 4/19/1959 | 7 | 0.1 | 1962 | ||
| 15.2 in 1950 | 8.1 on 4/25/1984 | 8 | 0.1 | 1954 | ||
| 14.0 in 1967 | 7.1 on 4/13/1996 | 9 | 0.1 | 1948 | ||
| 13.9 in 1959 | 6.8 on 4/26/1994 | 10 | 0.3 | 1987 | ||
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