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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 June | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 71.5 | 1988 | 1 | 52.8 | 1928 | ||
| 69.2 | 1933 | 2 | 53.5 | 1945 | ||
| 69.0 | 2012 | 3 | 54.0 | 1915 | ||
| 67.8 | 1956 | 4 | 54.5 | 1951 | ||
| 67.5 | 1931 | 5 | 55.5 | 1969 | ||
| 67.4 | 2006 | 6 | 55.5 | 1942 | ||
| 67.0 | 1961 | 7 | 55.6 | 1924 | ||
| 66.8 | 1936 | 8 | 55.6 | 1917 | ||
| 66.2 | 1996 | 9 | 55.8 | 1920 | ||
| 66.2 | 1986 | 10 | 56.0 | 1947 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 8.20 in 1964 | 2.73 on 6/3/1940 | 1 | 0.45 | 1987 | ||
| 6.76 in 1993 | 2.72 on 6/6/1991 | 2 | 0.56 | 2004 | ||
| 6.24 in 1941 | 2.58 on 6/14/1976 | 3 | 0.58 | 1919 | ||
| 6.21 in 1976 | 2.34 on 6/30/1978 | 4 | 0.65 | 1938 | ||
| 6.00 in 1944 | 2.28 on 6/9/1964 | 5 | 0.68 | 2002 | ||
| 5.66 in 1928 | 2.15 on 6/15/1922 | 6 | 0.83 | 1974 | ||
| 5.54 in 1940 | 2.13 on 6/11/1931 | 7 | 0.99 | 1983 | ||
| 5.31 in 1999 | 2.00 on 6/16/1962 | 8 | 1.04 | 2012 | ||
| 5.17 in 1962 | 1.95 on 6/18/1920 | 9 | 1.07 | 1994 | ||
| 5.12 in 1920 | 1.87 on 6/8/1993 | 10 | 1.09 | 1966 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 09.1 in 1951 | 8.0 on 6/1/1951 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 8.5 in 1937 | 6.0 on 6/5/1937 | 2 | ||||
| 5.5 in 1969 | 5.5 on 6/13/1969 | 3 | ||||
| 2.0 in 1976 | 2.5 on 6/4/1937 | 4 | ||||
| 1.5 in 1973 | 2.0 on 6/14/1976 | 5 | ||||
| 0.6 in 1915 | 1.5 on 6/18/1973 | 6 | ||||
| TR in 1995 | 1.1 on 6/2/1951 | 7 | ||||
| TR in 1945 | 0.6 on 6/6/1915 | 8 | ||||
| TR in 1944 | TR on 6/9/1995 | 9 | ||||
| TR in 1943 | TR on 6/14/1945 | 10 | ||||
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