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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 November | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 46.0 | 1949 | 1 | 16.0 | 1985 | ||
| 44.4 | 1999 | 2 | 24.3 | 1996 | ||
| 42.6 | 1954 | 3 | 24.7 | 1955 | ||
| 41.7 | 1953 | 4 | 27.0 | 2000 | ||
| 40.6 | 1962 | 5 | 27.9 | 1959 | ||
| 40.4 | 2009 | 6 | 28.3 | 1947 | ||
| 40.4 | 1990 | 7 | 28.6 | 2003 | ||
| 40.4 | 1981 | 8 | 29.2 | 1978 | ||
| 40.3 | 1987 | 9 | 30.0 | 1991 | ||
| 39.9 | 2001 | 10 | 30.6 | 1986 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 2.22 in 1985 | 1.02 on 11/7/1944 | 1 | 0.01 | 2004 | ||
| 2.09 in 1944 | 0.68 on 11/19/1977 | 2 | 0.03 | 2007 | ||
| 1.48 in 1956 | 0.67 on 11/2/1956 | 3 | 0.03 | 1945 | ||
| 1.40 in 1986 | 0.62 on 11/6/2008 | 4 | 0.04 | 2002 | ||
| 1.18 in 1959 | 0.59 on 11/30/1954 | 5 | 0.07 | 2001 | ||
| 1.13 in 1998 | 0.58 on 11/8/1966 | 6 | 0.07 | 1996 | ||
| 1.07 in 1983 | 0.52 on 11/14/1956 | 7 | 0.08 | 1962 | ||
| 1.02 in 2008 | 0.52 on 11/14/1944 | 8 | 0.12 | 1974 | ||
| 0.95 in 1966 | 0.50 on 11/6/1986 | 9 | 0.12 | 1963 | ||
| 0.84 in 1953 | 0.45 on 11/8/1985 | 10 | 0.15 | 1979 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 33.6 in 1985 | 9.3 on 11/19/1977 | 1 | TR | 2009 | ||
| 15.9 in 1998 | 9.0 on 11/6/2008 | 2 | TR | 2007 | ||
| 14.6 in 2011 | 8.0 on 11/6/1998 | 3 | TR | 1987 | ||
| 12.6 in 1986 | 7.7 on 11/18/2011 | 4 | TR | 1949 | ||
| 12.6 in 1959 | 7.0 on 11/30/1954 | 5 | 0.1 | 1945 | ||
| 12.1 in 1956 | 6.2 on 11/8/1985 | 6 | 0.3 | 1999 | ||
| 11.4 in 1993 | 6.1 on 11/19/2011 | 7 | 0.3 | 1963 | ||
| 10.6 in 1977 | 6.0 on 11/12/1959 | 8 | 0.3 | 1952 | ||
| 09.8 in 1978 | 5.9 on 11/2/1956 | 9 | 0.4 | 1962 | ||
| 09.7 in 1973 | 5.8 on 11/22/2010 | 10 | 0.8 | 1965 | ||
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