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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 October | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 52.5 | 1963 | 1 | 34.2 | 2009 | ||
| 48.3 | 1956 | 2 | 36.2 | 2002 | ||
| 47.6 | 1955 | 3 | 36.2 | 1969 | ||
| 47.1 | 1965 | 4 | 38.5 | 1970 | ||
| 47.1 | 1962 | 5 | 38.7 | 1976 | ||
| 46.9 | 2010 | 6 | 39.5 | 1991 | ||
| 46.8 | 2003 | 7 | 39.9 | 2006 | ||
| 46.2 | 1958 | 8 | 40.0 | 1995 | ||
| 46.0 | 1974 | 9 | 40.1 | 1984 | ||
| 45.6 | 1968 | 10 | 40.3 | 1972 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 4.66 in 1994 | 2.44 on 10/11/1982 | 1 | 0.00 | 1964 | ||
| 4.57 in 1996 | 2.15 on 10/16/1994 | 2 | TR | 1960 | ||
| 4.35 in 1998 | 1.91 on 10/31/1974 | 3 | 0.14 | 1959 | ||
| 3.06 in 1982 | 1.31 on 10/3/1986 | 4 | 0.15 | 1965 | ||
| 2.43 in 1995 | 1.31 on 10/15/1980 | 5 | 0.17 | 1999 | ||
| 2.40 in 1981 | 1.26 on 10/5/2009 | 6 | 0.20 | 1968 | ||
| 2.36 in 1974 | 1.20 on 10/17/1998 | 7 | 0.23 | 1958 | ||
| 2.29 in 2009 | 1.15 on 10/17/1996 | 8 | 0.23 | 1956 | ||
| 2.15 in 1980 | 1.12 on 10/7/1994 | 9 | 0.26 | 1976 | ||
| 2.10 in 1971 | 1.09 on 10/6/1962 | 10 | 0.32 | 2003 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 19.0 in 1996 | 10.0 on 10/17/1996 | 1 | 0.0 | 1994 | ||
| 17.5 in 2009 | 9.0 on 10/27/1996 | 2 | 0.0 | 1988 | ||
| 16.0 in 1995 | 9.0 on 10/23/1995 | 3 | 0.0 | 1974 | ||
| 09.3 in 2008 | 8.0 on 10/5/2009 | 4 | 0.0 | 1965 | ||
| 9.0 in 1971 | 6.4 on 10/28/1991 | 5 | 0.0 | 1964 | ||
| 8.5 in 1987 | 6.0 on 10/12/2008 | 6 | 0.0 | 1962 | ||
| 7.5 in 1975 | 6.0 on 10/28/1971 | 7 | 0.0 | 1958 | ||
| 7.0 in 2002 | 6.0 on 10/29/1961 | 8 | TR | MANY | ||
| 7.0 in 1991 | 4.5 on 10/24/1975 | 9 | ||||
| 7.0 in 1969 | 4.0 on 10/28/2012 | 10 | ||||
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