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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 June | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 66.9 | 1988 | 1 | 51.6 | 1998 | ||
| 63.9 | 1956 | 2 | 51.9 | 1969 | ||
| 62.1 | 2012 | 3 | 52.9 | 2004 | ||
| 62.0 | 1986 | 4 | 53.1 | 1967 | ||
| 61.4 | 1959 | 5 | 53.4 | 2009 | ||
| 61.3 | 1961 | 6 | 53.8 | 1982 | ||
| 60.1 | 2006 | 7 | 54.0 | 2003 | ||
| 60.0 | 1963 | 8 | 54.0 | 1993 | ||
| 59.8 | 1994 | 9 | 54.2 | 1975 | ||
| 59.6 | 1990 | 10 | 54.6 | 2008 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 13.51 in 1972 | 7.16 on 6/10/1972 | 1 | 0.58 | 1987 | ||
| 8.70 in 1962 | 3.91 on 6/15/1976 | 2 | 0.83 | 1994 | ||
| 7.86 in 1967 | 3.11 on 6/12/1970 | 3 | 0.87 | 2002 | ||
| 7.36 in 1963 | 2.49 on 6/5/1972 | 4 | 0.88 | 1990 | ||
| 7.06 in 1976 | 2.20 on 6/15/1962 | 5 | 0.96 | 1974 | ||
| 6.25 in 1998 | 2.06 on 6/7/1993 | 6 | 1.26 | 1956 | ||
| 6.06 in 1999 | 1.93 on 6/24/2000 | 7 | 1.30 | 1973 | ||
| 5.94 in 1964 | 1.87 on 6/15/1963 | 8 | 1.39 | 1985 | ||
| 5.80 in 1991 | 1.75 on 6/17/1962 | 9 | 1.46 | 1966 | ||
| 5.62 in 1979 | 1.60 on 6/8/1964 | 10 | 1.47 | 2004 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 4.0 in 1998 | 4.0 on 6/13/1969 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 4.0 in 1969 | 3.8 on 6/3/1998 | 2 | ||||
| 0.5 in 1995 | 0.5 on 6/10/1995 | 3 | ||||
| 0.0 in MANY | 0.2 on 6/4/1998 | 4 | ||||
| TR on 6/14/1969 | 5 | |||||
| 0.0 on MANY | 6 | |||||
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