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Latitude 44 24 N - Longitude 104 23 W - Elevation 4750 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893
Station Record Begins 01/01/1893
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) | 35.9 | 38.0 | 47.1 | 57.1 | 66.7 | 76.2 | 85.1 | 84.4 | 73.7 | 59.4 | 44.5 | 34.7 | 58.7 |
| Min (F) | 13.8 | 15.1 | 22.3 | 30.0 | 39.6 | 48.6 | 55.3 | 53.9 | 44.0 | 33.0 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 32.7 |
| Mean (F) | 24.9 | 26.6 | 34.7 | 43.5 | 53.2 | 62.4 | 70.2 | 69.2 | 58.9 | 46.2 | 33.2 | 23.9 | 45.7 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.66 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 2.25 | 3.16 | 2.85 | 2.18 | 1.68 | 1.31 | 1.64 | 1.00 | 0.63 | 19.20 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 11.4 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 13.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 9.2 | 13.3 | 79.2 |
| HDD | 1245 | 1076 | 939 | 644 | 375 | 138 | 29 | 35 | 222 | 584 | 952 | 1275 | 7516 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 60 | 190 | 163 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 461 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 74.1 | 1983 | 1 | 56.5 | 1917 | ||
| 73.4 | 2003 | 2 | 61.3 | 1923 | ||
| 73.3 | 2000 | 3 | 61.8 | 1974 | ||
| 72.7 | 1969 | 4 | 62.6 | 1993 | ||
| 72.3 | 1995 | 5 | 62.7 | 2012 | ||
| 72.1 | 2007 | 6 | 62.7 | 1977 | ||
| 72.0 | 1959 | 7 | 62.8 | 1915 | ||
| 71.9 | 1936 | 8 | 63.0 | 2004 | ||
| 71.5 | 1955 | 9 | 63.4 | 1987 | ||
| 71.5 | 1943 | 10 | 63.5 | 1992 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 6.02 in 1964 | 2.80 on 8/21/1964 | 1 | TR | 2012 | ||
| 4.25 in 1999 | 1.71 on 8/8/2009 | 2 | TR | 2001 | ||
| 4.07 in 1927 | 1.56 on 8/29/1996 | 3 | 0.10 | 1959 | ||
| 4.02 in 2009 | 1.50 on 8/18/1982 | 4 | 0.12 | 1940 | ||
| 3.83 in 1982 | 1.49 on 8/8/1979 | 5 | 0.21 | 1991 | ||
| 3.42 in 1923 | 1.48 on 8/3/2010 | 6 | 0.22 | 1975 | ||
| 3.38 in 1925 | 1.40 on 8/7/1925 | 7 | 0.24 | 1947 | ||
| 3.28 in 1979 | 1.39 on 8/6/2008 | 8 | 0.26 | 1969 | ||
| 2.93 in 1998 | 1.39 on 8/15/1923 | 9 | 0.31 | 1985 | ||
| 2.87 in 2006 | 1.26 on 8/12/1951 | 10 | 0.32 | 1958 | ||
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