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Latitude 43 30 N - Longitude 100 29 W - Elevation 2180 Feet
Station Record Begins 01/01/1913
Station Record Begins 01/01/1913
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) | 34.8 | 38.4 | 47.7 | 59.3 | 69.9 | 79.8 | 88.1 | 86.9 | 77.3 | 62.9 | 46.8 | 35.4 | 60.7 |
| Min (F) | 11.3 | 13.9 | 22.3 | 33.0 | 44.6 | 54.5 | 60.8 | 58.7 | 48.3 | 35.4 | 23.0 | 12.6 | 35.0 |
| Mean (F) | 23.1 | 26.2 | 35.0 | 46.2 | 57.2 | 67.2 | 74.5 | 72.8 | 62.8 | 49.2 | 34.9 | 24.0 | 47.8 |
| Precip (inches) | 0.37 | 0.60 | 1.44 | 2.14 | 3.28 | 3.55 | 2.59 | 1.65 | 1.82 | 1.58 | 0.78 | 0.43 | 20.23 |
| Snowfall (inches) | 6.1 | 6.9 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.8 | 42.8 |
| HDD | 1300 | 1088 | 930 | 570 | 268 | 64 | 9 | 17 | 155 | 498 | 903 | 1271 | 7074 |
| CDD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 128 | 302 | 259 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 818 |
Top Ten Information for August | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 81.0 | 1983 | 1 | 66.2 | 1992 | ||
| 79.5 | 1959 | 2 | 67.9 | 2009 | ||
| 79.1 | 1969 | 3 | 68.3 | 2004 | ||
| 78.9 | 1955 | 4 | 69.8 | 1993 | ||
| 78.3 | 1973 | 5 | 70.1 | 1977 | ||
| 78.1 | 1971 | 6 | 70.4 | 1966 | ||
| 77.7 | 1949 | 7 | 70.7 | 1997 | ||
| 77.4 | 1970 | 8 | 70.7 | 1951 | ||
| 77.1 | 1976 | 9 | 70.8 | 1950 | ||
| 76.7 | 1961 | 10 | 71.4 | 1974 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 5.80 in 1966 | 3.82 on 8/9/1968 | 1 | 0.29 | 2000 | ||
| 5.02 in 1968 | 3.35 on 8/19/1966 | 2 | 0.30 | 2001 | ||
| 4.26 in 1950 | 2.39 on 8/14/1951 | 3 | 0.35 | 2008 | ||
| 4.25 in 2006 | 1.94 on 8/11/1950 | 4 | 0.35 | 1959 | ||
| 4.24 in 1951 | 1.88 on 8/23/1955 | 5 | 0.38 | 2012 | ||
| 3.99 in 1957 | 1.83 on 8/18/1949 | 6 | 0.46 | 1974 | ||
| 3.53 in 1955 | 1.78 on 8/5/1976 | 7 | 0.49 | 1958 | ||
| 3.52 in 2002 | 1.67 on 8/8/2004 | 8 | 0.58 | 1998 | ||
| 3.20 in 1961 | 1.56 on 8/12/1966 | 9 | 0.59 | 1988 | ||
| 3.16 in 1980 | 1.55 on 8/27/1997 | 10 | 0.69 | 1963 | ||
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