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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 May | ||||||
Warmest | Coldest | |||||
| Temp (F) | Year | Rank | Temp (F) | Year | ||
| 64.9 | 1955 | 1 | 52.3 | 2011 | ||
| 64.4 | 1977 | 2 | 52.4 | 2002 | ||
| 63.3 | 1969 | 3 | 52.8 | 1995 | ||
| 63.1 | 1958 | 4 | 53.4 | 2008 | ||
| 62.9 | 1964 | 5 | 53.9 | 1996 | ||
| 62.4 | 1949 | 6 | 53.9 | 1967 | ||
| 61.9 | 1970 | 7 | 54.0 | 1997 | ||
| 61.8 | 1988 | 8 | 54.1 | 2010 | ||
| 61.7 | 1994 | 9 | 54.2 | 2005 | ||
| 61.6 | 1962 | 10 | 54.4 | 1968 | ||
Wettest | Driest | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 8.84 in 1962 | 2.84 on 5/27/1973 | 1 | 0.11 | 2006 | ||
| 8.30 in 1982 | 2.59 on 5/16/1962 | 2 | 0.47 | 1966 | ||
| 6.75 in 1996 | 2.41 on 5/26/1955 | 3 | 0.53 | 1992 | ||
| 6.70 in 1995 | 2.40 on 5/14/1961 | 4 | 0.86 | 1994 | ||
| 6.59 in 1955 | 2.39 on 5/16/1991 | 5 | 0.87 | 1980 | ||
| 6.38 in 1991 | 2.11 on 5/21/2007 | 6 | 0.96 | 1954 | ||
| 6.11 in 2007 | 2.04 on 5/10/1999 | 7 | 0.96 | 1950 | ||
| 5.23 in 1977 | 1.98 on 5/28/1995 | 8 | 0.97 | 1989 | ||
| 5.18 in 1951 | 1.98 on 5/14/1965 | 9 | 1.00 | 1958 | ||
| 5.14 in 1990 | 1.96 on 5/27/1996 | 10 | 1.07 | 2009 | ||
Most Snow | Least Snow | |||||
| Inches in Year | Inches on Day | Rank | Inches | Year | ||
| 4.2 in 1967 | 4.2 on 5/1/1967 | 1 | 0.0 | MANY | ||
| 4.0 in 1979 | 4.0 on 5/10/1979 | 2 | ||||
| TR in 2008 | TR on 5/3/2008 | 3 | ||||
| TR in 1955 | TR on 5/22/1955 | 4 | ||||
| TR in 1953 | TR on 5/29/1953 | 5 | ||||
| 0.0 in MANY | TR on 5/2/1953 | 6 | ||||
| 0.0 on MANY | 7 | |||||
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