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Latitude 43 53 N - Longitude 103 27 W - Elevation 5250 Feet
Station Record Begins 02/01/1962
Station Record Begins 02/01/1962
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) | 36.3 | 36.7 | 43.2 | 50.7 | 60.7 | 71.0 | 79.1 | 78.1 | 67.8 | 54.9 | 42.9 | 35.3 | 54.8 |
| Min (F) | 18.7 | 19.0 | 24.6 | 32.0 | 41.6 | 51.3 | 58.9 | 57.7 | 48.2 | 36.5 | 26.0 | 18.1 | 36.1 |
| Mean (F) | 27.5 | 27.8 | 33.9 | 41.4 | 51.1 | 61.1 | 69.0 | 67.9 | 58.0 | 45.7 | 34.5 | 26.7 | 45.5 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.38 | 0.67 | 1.19 | 2.23 | 4.22 | 3.41 | 2.90 | 1.99 | 1.81 | 1.68 | 0.62 | 0.43 | 21.53 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 5.7 | 6.8 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 5.5 | 52.4 |
| HDD | 1163 | 1040 | 964 | 711 | 438 | 172 | 43 | 53 | 254 | 600 | 916 | 1187 | 7541 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 167 | 142 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 421 |
Top Ten Information for May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 60.6 | 1985 | 1 | 45.3 | 1995 | ||
| 57.7 | 1977 | 2 | 45.9 | 1996 | ||
| 57.4 | 1969 | 3 | 46.3 | 2011 | ||
| 56.9 | 1987 | 4 | 46.7 | 2010 | ||
| 56.8 | 1994 | 5 | 46.9 | 2002 | ||
| 56.5 | 1988 | 6 | 46.9 | 1997 | ||
| 56.0 | 1966 | 7 | 47.3 | 1967 | ||
| 55.7 | 1970 | 8 | 47.7 | 2008 | ||
| 55.4 | 1976 | 9 | 48.5 | 1983 | ||
| 55.3 | 2007 | 10 | 48.5 | 1968 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 10.88 in 1962 | 3.38 on 5/8/1995 | 1 | 0.09 | 1966 | ||
| 10.25 in 1995 | 3.20 on 5/25/1997 | 2 | 0.75 | 1985 | ||
| 09.16 in 2011 | 2.71 on 5/14/1965 | 3 | 1.23 | 1973 | ||
| 8.92 in 1965 | 2.62 on 5/22/2008 | 4 | 1.30 | 1977 | ||
| 8.13 in 2008 | 2.52 on 5/21/1962 | 5 | 1.59 | 1974 | ||
| 8.00 in 1971 | 2.40 on 5/27/1970 | 6 | 1.60 | 1988 | ||
| 7.55 in 1978 | 2.31 on 5/19/2011 | 7 | 1.63 | 1986 | ||
| 7.49 in 2010 | 2.22 on 5/29/2011 | 8 | 1.65 | 2003 | ||
| 7.23 in 1996 | 2.00 on 5/5/1993 | 9 | 1.67 | 1979 | ||
| 6.99 in 1981 | 1.97 on 5/17/1981 | 10 | 1.68 | 1989 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 22.5 in 1965 | 14.5 on 5/9/1965 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 10.0 in 2005 | 8.0 on 5/2/2008 | 2 | ||||
| 8.7 in 2008 | 8.0 on 5/7/1978 | 3 | ||||
| 8.5 in 2002 | 8.0 on 5/8/1965 | 4 | ||||
| 8.0 in 1978 | 6.0 on 5/11/2005 | 5 | ||||
| 5.0 in 1991 | 5.0 on 5/3/1991 | 6 | ||||
| 5.0 in 1983 | 5.0 on 5/9/1979 | 7 | ||||
| 5.0 in 1979 | 4.0 on 5/10/2005 | 8 | ||||
| 5.0 in 1967 | 4.0 on 5/11/2002 | 9 | ||||
| 4.0 in 1995 | 4.0 on 5/1/2002 | 10 | ||||
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