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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 November | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 46.8 | 1999 | 1 | 20.2 | 1985 | ||
| 42.9 | 1981 | 2 | 26.7 | 2000 | ||
| 42.6 | 2001 | 3 | 27.2 | 1996 | ||
| 41.3 | 1990 | 4 | 28.8 | 1993 | ||
| 40.9 | 2009 | 5 | 30.3 | 1991 | ||
| 40.7 | 1965 | 6 | 30.5 | 2003 | ||
| 40.2 | 2012 | 7 | 30.7 | 1992 | ||
| 40.0 | 1962 | 8 | 31.3 | 1978 | ||
| 39.9 | 1963 | 9 | 31.9 | 1971 | ||
| 39.6 | 1987 | 10 | 32.0 | 1979 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 2.10 in 1973 | 1.11 on 11/1/2000 | 1 | TR | 1987 | ||
| 1.83 in 1985 | 0.87 on 11/3/1998 | 2 | TR | 1981 | ||
| 1.78 in 2011 | 0.85 on 11/6/2008 | 3 | 0.04 | 1963 | ||
| 1.73 in 1998 | 0.80 on 11/3/1973 | 4 | 0.07 | 2007 | ||
| 1.45 in 2003 | 0.66 on 11/19/2011 | 5 | 0.13 | 2004 | ||
| 1.42 in 2000 | 0.65 on 11/21/2003 | 6 | 0.13 | 1997 | ||
| 1.40 in 1988 | 0.65 on 11/16/1971 | 7 | 0.17 | 2002 | ||
| 1.25 in 1983 | 0.56 on 11/18/2011 | 8 | 0.18 | 1992 | ||
| 1.16 in 2008 | 0.50 on 11/9/1998 | 9 | 0.18 | 1979 | ||
| 1.07 in 1971 | 0.50 on 11/2/1994 | 10 | 0.19 | 1999 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 30.0 in 1985 | 12.0 on 11/21/2003 | 1 | 0.0 | 1987 | ||
| 20.5 in 2003 | 9.5 on 11/18/2011 | 2 | 0.0 | 1981 | ||
| 16.5 in 1973 | 9.0 on 11/9/1985 | 3 | TR | 1963 | ||
| 16.2 in 2011 | 8.0 on 11/19/1977 | 4 | 0.1 | 1962 | ||
| 15.0 in 1978 | 8.0 on 11/3/1973 | 5 | 0.3 | 2009 | ||
| 14.5 in 1983 | 7.0 on 11/3/1998 | 6 | 0.5 | 2005 | ||
| 14.0 in 1998 | 6.5 on 11/9/1984 | 7 | 0.5 | 1982 | ||
| 11.9 in 1971 | 6.0 on 11/16/1971 | 8 | 0.8 | 1999 | ||
| 11.0 in 1977 | 5.6 on 11/8/1966 | 9 | 0.8 | 1997 | ||
| 10.5 in 1988 | 5.5 on 11/26/1983 | 10 | 1.0 | 2007 | ||
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