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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 May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 64.7 | 1936 | 1 | 48.4 | 1946 | ||
| 61.3 | 1897 | 2 | 48.5 | 1920 | ||
| 60.8 | 1900 | 3 | 48.6 | 1950 | ||
| 60.6 | 1977 | 4 | 49.4 | 1945 | ||
| 60.4 | 1994 | 5 | 49.5 | 1917 | ||
| 60.3 | 1939 | 6 | 49.5 | 1905 | ||
| 60.2 | 1901 | 7 | 50.2 | 1996 | ||
| 59.6 | 1941 | 8 | 50.2 | 1915 | ||
| 59.4 | 2007 | 9 | 50.6 | 1995 | ||
| 59.4 | 1928 | 10 | 50.6 | 1927 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 14.11 in 1982 | 6.49 on 5/11/1922 | 1 | 0.15 | 1934 | ||
| 13.07 in 1946 | 4.50 on 5/4/1905 | 2 | 0.55 | 1936 | ||
| 10.14 in 1922 | 3.51 on 5/20/1982 | 3 | 0.62 | 1998 | ||
| 10.80 in 2008 | 3.51 on 5/1/1946 | 4 | 0.78 | 1958 | ||
| 10.01 in 1962 | 3.40 on 5/23/1933 | 5 | 0.80 | 2009 | ||
| 8.29 in 1907 | 3.27 on 5/24/1907 | 6 | 0.89 | 1966 | ||
| 7.83 in 1942 | 3.10 on 5/16/1982 | 7 | 0.90 | 1924 | ||
| 7.77 in 1995 | 3.05 on 5/15/1982 | 8 | 0.92 | 1961 | ||
| 6.40 in 1906 | 2.90 on 5/23/1971 | 9 | 0.96 | 1911 | ||
| 5.92 in 1971 | 2.70 on 5/9/1995 | 10 | 0.97 | 1912 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 31.0 in 1942 | 24.0 on 5/4/1905 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 24.0 in 2008 | 14.0 on 5/3/2008 | 2 | ||||
| 24.0 in 1905 | 14.0 on 5/8/1927 | 3 | ||||
| 16.0 in 1927 | 11.0 on 5/17/1942 | 4 | ||||
| 10.5 in 1950 | 10.0 on 5/2/2008 | 5 | ||||
| 10.0 in 1916 | 8.0 on 5/12/2005 | 6 | ||||
| 8.0 in 2005 | 8.0 on 5/8/1978 | 7 | ||||
| 8.0 in 1978 | 8.0 on 5/5/1942 | 8 | ||||
| 6.0 in 1972 | 7.0 on 5/16/1942 | 9 | ||||
| 5.9 in 1946 | 6.0 on 5/2/1972 | 10 | ||||
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