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Latitude 44 31 N - Longitude 103 52 W - Elevation 3640 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) | 40.2 | 41.0 | 49.0 | 58.7 | 68.6 | 78.5 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 75.8 | 61.4 | 48.6 | 40.0 | 61.4 |
| Min (F) | 19.0 | 20.0 | 27.1 | 36.4 | 46.5 | 55.3 | 62.5 | 60.4 | 50.0 | 38.9 | 28.0 | 18.9 | 38.7 |
| Mean (F) | 29.6 | 30.5 | 38.1 | 47.6 | 57.6 | 66.9 | 75.0 | 73.6 | 62.9 | 50.1 | 38.3 | 29.4 | 50.1 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.51 | 0.71 | 1.18 | 2.47 | 3.88 | 3.65 | 2.21 | 1.64 | 1.78 | 2.05 | 1.19 | 0.61 | 21.88 |
| Snowfall (inches) | |||||||||||||
| HDD | 1098 | 966 | 836 | 529 | 260 | 69 | 7 | 13 | 151 | 467 | 802 | 1102 | 6300 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 126 | 317 | 278 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 851 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 76.8 | 1983 | 1 | 63.6 | 1906 | ||
| 75.5 | 1937 | 2 | 64.3 | 1927 | ||
| 74.5 | 1955 | 3 | 64.7 | 1911 | ||
| 74.1 | 1971 | 4 | 65.2 | 1912 | ||
| 74.0 | 1947 | 5 | 65.3 | 1977 | ||
| 73.8 | 1995 | 6 | 65.4 | 1946 | ||
| 73.8 | 1959 | 7 | 65.6 | 1987 | ||
| 73.8 | 1894 | 8 | 65.7 | 1974 | ||
| 73.7 | 2007 | 9 | 65.7 | 1968 | ||
| 73.5 | 2006 | 10 | 65.7 | 1920 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 5.11 in 1972 | 3.65 on 8/3/1922 | 1 | 0.05 | 1898 | ||
| 4.54 in 1979 | 2.35 on 8/7/1970 | 2 | 0.08 | 1969 | ||
| 4.40 in 1912 | 2.25 on 8/27/1903 | 3 | 0.18 | 2001 | ||
| 4.35 in 1922 | 1.90 on 8/29/1920 | 4 | 0.22 | 1990 | ||
| 4.28 in 1923 | 1.85 on 8/17/1912 | 5 | 0.25 | 1959 | ||
| 3.87 in 1970 | 1.76 on 8/21/1964 | 6 | 0.32 | 1913 | ||
| 3.80 in 1920 | 1.63 on 8/12/1966 | 7 | 0.33 | 1894 | ||
| 3.77 in 1951 | 1.51 on 8/3/1998 | 8 | 0.37 | 1975 | ||
| 3.73 in 1903 | 1.39 on 8/15/1927 | 9 | 0.38 | 1936 | ||
| 3.51 in 1977 | 1.34 on 8/15/1977 | 10 | 0.50 | 1985 | ||
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