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Latitude 44 04 N - Longitude 103 12 W - Elevation 3379 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1888
Station Record Begins 01/01/1888
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) | 37.4 | 38.6 | 46.5 | 55.8 | 66.3 | 76.0 | 84.3 | 83.6 | 72.5 | 59.1 | 45.8 | 36.6 | 58.7 |
| Min (F) | 16.4 | 18.1 | 24.9 | 34.0 | 45.0 | 54.2 | 61.7 | 59.8 | 50.0 | 37.6 | 27.5 | 18.1 | 37.4 |
| Mean (F) | 26.9 | 28.4 | 35.7 | 44.9 | 55.7 | 65.1 | 73.0 | 71.7 | 61.3 | 48.3 | 36.6 | 27.3 | 48.0 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.99 | 2.10 | 4.19 | 3.16 | 2.50 | 1.97 | 1.54 | 1.65 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 19.79 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 5.5 | 7.4 | 11.8 | 8.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 49.3 |
| HDD | 1181 | 1026 | 908 | 604 | 306 | 88 | 12 | 18 | 179 | 520 | 851 | 1167 | 6860 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 91 | 260 | 226 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 664 |
Top Ten Information for July | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 82.4 | 1936 | 1 | 63.7 | 1915 | ||
| 79.2 | 2012 | 2 | 66.7 | 1905 | ||
| 78.2 | 2006 | 3 | 67.4 | 1950 | ||
| 77.8 | 1966 | 4 | 67.4 | 1907 | ||
| 77.5 | 2003 | 5 | 67.5 | 1958 | ||
| 77.2 | 1960 | 6 | 67.5 | 1922 | ||
| 77.2 | 1939 | 7 | 68.3 | 1927 | ||
| 77.2 | 1935 | 8 | 68.4 | 1891 | ||
| 77.1 | 2002 | 9 | 68.5 | 1904 | ||
| 77.0 | 1964 | 10 | 68.8 | 2009 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 09.66 in 1905 | 2.77 on 7/22/1910 | 1 | 0.13 | 1890 | ||
| 6.64 in 1912 | 2.48 on 7/18/1946 | 2 | 0.27 | 1936 | ||
| 6.11 in 1966 | 2.33 on 7/14/1962 | 3 | 0.39 | 1895 | ||
| 5.76 in 1910 | 2.25 on 7/17/1901 | 4 | 0.44 | 2003 | ||
| 5.66 in 1962 | 2.08 on 7/4/1912 | 5 | 0.54 | 1960 | ||
| 4.92 in 1999 | 2.04 on 7/27/1901 | 6 | 0.57 | 1947 | ||
| 4.83 in 1901 | 2.00 on 7/27/1966 | 7 | 0.59 | 1934 | ||
| 4.62 in 1915 | 2.00 on 7/1/1966 | 8 | 0.62 | 1913 | ||
| 4.52 in 1889 | 1.96 on 7/31/1999 | 9 | 0.67 | 1892 | ||
| 4.33 in 1922 | 1.90 on 7/13/1902 | 10 | 0.68 | 1911 | ||
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