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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 June | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 75.6 | 1988 | 1 | 55.7 | 1945 | ||
| 72.8 | 1956 | 2 | 57.7 | 1951 | ||
| 71.3 | 1961 | 3 | 58.7 | 1998 | ||
| 70.3 | 2012 | 4 | 59.2 | 1947 | ||
| 70.2 | 2006 | 5 | 59.6 | 1982 | ||
| 70.1 | 1959 | 6 | 59.8 | 1969 | ||
| 69.7 | 2002 | 7 | 59.9 | 2009 | ||
| 69.3 | 2007 | 8 | 60.0 | 1967 | ||
| 69.0 | 1977 | 9 | 60.3 | 1993 | ||
| 69.0 | 1952 | 10 | 60.9 | 1944 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 7.00 in 1968 | 3.78 on 6/15/1963 | 1 | 0.42 | 2002 | ||
| 6.78 in 1967 | 3.60 on 6/14/1976 | 2 | 0.64 | 1973 | ||
| 5.68 in 1947 | 2.51 on 6/14/1980 | 3 | 0.67 | 1994 | ||
| 5.63 in 1975 | 2.18 on 6/9/1986 | 4 | 0.76 | 1961 | ||
| 5.59 in 1998 | 2.08 on 6/9/1972 | 5 | 0.90 | 1950 | ||
| 5.47 in 1963 | 1.95 on 6/21/1947 | 6 | 0.93 | 2006 | ||
| 5.37 in 1946 | 1.91 on 6/17/1946 | 7 | 0.96 | 2007 | ||
| 5.24 in 1999 | 1.78 on 6/24/1968 | 8 | 1.02 | 2004 | ||
| 4.97 in 1944 | 1.75 on 6/2/1949 | 9 | 1.04 | 1989 | ||
| 4.93 in 1943 | 1.74 on 6/19/1953 | 10 | 1.09 | 1988 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 3.6 in 1951 | 3.6 on 6/1/1951 | 1 | ||||
| 0.5 in 1969 | 0.5 on 6/13/1969 | 2 | ||||
| Trace in 1954 | Trace on 6/2/1954 | 3 | ||||
| Trace on 6/2/1951 | 4 | |||||
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