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Latitude 44 04 N - Longitude 103 29 W - Elevation 4720 Feet
Station Record Begins 08/01/1951
Station Record Begins 08/01/1951
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) | 36.7 | 37.7 | 43.6 | 51.4 | 60.7 | 70.5 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 68.5 | 56.3 | 44.1 | 36.3 | 55.3 |
| Min (F) | 10.5 | 10.9 | 17.4 | 25.1 | 34.9 | 43.4 | 49.5 | 47.5 | 37.5 | 28.0 | 18.5 | 10.5 | 27.9 |
| Mean (F) | 23.6 | 24.3 | 30.5 | 38.3 | 47.8 | 56.9 | 64.2 | 62.9 | 53.0 | 42.1 | 31.3 | 23.4 | 41.6 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.28 | 0.48 | 1.13 | 2.15 | 3.97 | 3.20 | 2.72 | 2.26 | 1.67 | 1.50 | 0.61 | 0.34 | 20.31 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 4.6 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 12.1 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 51.6 |
| HDD | 1283 | 1140 | 1070 | 802 | 534 | 258 | 94 | 111 | 367 | 708 | 1011 | 1290 | 8667 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 69 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
Top Ten Information for April | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 45.3 | 1955 | 1 | 31.2 | 2013 | ||
| 44.6 | 1981 | 2 | 32.3 | 1975 | ||
| 44.4 | 1985 | 3 | 32.5 | 1997 | ||
| 43.9 | 1987 | 4 | 33.1 | 1995 | ||
| 43.5 | 1969 | 5 | 33.4 | 1983 | ||
| 43.2 | 2012 | 6 | 34.1 | 1970 | ||
| 42.6 | 1962 | 7 | 34.4 | 1966 | ||
| 42.2 | 1976 | 8 | 34.6 | 2008 | ||
| 41.6 | 2006 | 9 | 34.8 | 2009 | ||
| 41.3 | 2004 | 10 | 35.7 | 2007 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.96 in 1971 | 2.27 on 4/19/2000 | 1 | 0.18 | 1987 | ||
| 4.99 in 1963 | 2.01 on 4/8/1975 | 2 | 0.62 | 1988 | ||
| 4.71 in 1976 | 1.97 on 4/26/1984 | 3 | 0.77 | 1962 | ||
| 4.38 in 2000 | 1.93 on 4/20/1973 | 4 | 0.78 | 1981 | ||
| 4.37 in 1984 | 1.80 on 4/27/1976 | 5 | 0.85 | 1974 | ||
| 4.08 in 2010 | 1.61 on 4/20/1971 | 6 | 0.86 | 1998 | ||
| 3.99 in 1991 | 1.56 on 4/24/2010 | 7 | 0.86 | 1982 | ||
| 3.98 in 1999 | 1.49 on 4/27/1963 | 8 | 0.92 | 1968 | ||
| 3.83 in 1973 | 1.26 on 4/18/1971 | 9 | 0.93 | 1983 | ||
| 3.75 in 1986 | 1.17 on 4/22/2004 | 10 | 1.18 | 1979 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 41.2 in 2013 | 16.0 on 4/10/2013 | 1 | 0.5 | 2012 | ||
| 37.5 in 1984 | 13.9 on 4/19/2000 | 2 | 0.5 | 1981 | ||
| 29.0 in 1958 | 13.5 on 4/27/1976 | 3 | 1.5 | 1987 | ||
| 28.8 in 2000 | 13.1 on 4/22/2001 | 4 | 2.1 | 1998 | ||
| 25.0 in 1970 | 13.0 on 4/4/1986 | 5 | 3.0 | 1962 | ||
| 24.0 in 1966 | 13.0 on 4/16/1960 | 6 | 3.1 | 1985 | ||
| 23.0 in 1986 | 12.0 on 4/26/1984 | 7 | 3.5 | 2005 | ||
| 23.0 in 1963 | 12.0 on 4/3/1984 | 8 | 3.8 | 1990 | ||
| 22.0 in 1957 | 12.0 on 4/19/1966 | 9 | 4.0 | 1988 | ||
| 21.8 in 1997 | 12.0 on 4/23/1958 | 10 | 4.0 | 1974 | ||
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