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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 July | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 85.5 | 1936 | 1 | 62.5 | 1915 | ||
| 79.5 | 2006 | 2 | 64.1 | 1992 | ||
| 78.7 | 2007 | 3 | 64.3 | 1906 | ||
| 77.7 | 2002 | 4 | 64.6 | 1993 | ||
| 77.6 | 1931 | 5 | 64.6 | 1920 | ||
| 77.5 | 2005 | 6 | 65.1 | 1950 | ||
| 77.1 | 2012 | 7 | 65.2 | 1922 | ||
| 76.5 | 1954 | 8 | 65.4 | 1904 | ||
| 76.5 | 1930 | 9 | 66.5 | 1972 | ||
| 76.1 | 1919 | 10 | 66.7 | 1907 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 7.84 in 1923 | 3.45 on 7/29/1932 | 1 | 0.14 | 1947 | ||
| 7.26 in 1937 | 2.62 on 7/8/1926 | 2 | 0.22 | 1911 | ||
| 5.95 in 1932 | 2.59 on 7/13/1937 | 3 | 0.27 | 1917 | ||
| 5.84 in 1905 | 2.41 on 7/23/1923 | 4 | 0.28 | 1960 | ||
| 5.30 in 1922 | 2.25 on 7/14/1957 | 5 | 0.30 | 1953 | ||
| 4.77 in 1957 | 2.18 on 7/23/1998 | 6 | 0.40 | 206 | ||
| 4.69 in 1958 | 2.10 on 7/19/1990 | 7 | 0.40 | 1971 | ||
| 4.46 in 1962 | 2.00 on 7/3/2011 | 8 | 0.41 | 1967 | ||
| 4.20 in 1981 | 1.95 on 7/18/1986 | 9 | 0.46 | 1897 | ||
| 4.08 in 1978 | 1.80 on 7/27/1901 | 10 | 0.47 | 1946 | ||
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