LINCOLN RANGER STN, MONTANA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 30.1 36.9 44.1 53.9 63.7 72.3 81.3 80.9 69.3 56.8 39.6 30.8 55.0
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 37.0 43.2 51.5 63.1 70.3 81.1 88.1 89.0 81.8 64.3 44.7 37.5 57.5
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1963 1981 1987 1966 1988 1985 1971 1990 1988 1990 1980 1988
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 17.4 22.8 37.7 43.5 57.9 66.9 74.7 72.9 55.9 48.7 23.3 18.2 52.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1965 1975 1975 1975 1986 1980 1965 1969 1985 1983 1985
Mean Temperature (F) 20.5 26.0 31.6 40.0 48.3 55.8 61.5 60.5 50.9 41.7 29.6 21.5 40.7
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 28.1 33.1 39.3 46.9 52.1 62.4 66.2 66.4 57.8 46.8 36.0 29.4 42.7
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1961 1986 1987 1966 1988 1985 1971 1967 1988 1989 1980 1988
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 3.7 10.5 21.4 31.7 44.4 52.5 56.7 54.7 42.5 36.4 14.8 6.3 38.4
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1965 1975 1975 1975 1986 1980 1965 1984 1985 1983 1985
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 10.9 15.1 19.1 26.0 32.8 39.3 41.7 40.2 32.5 26.5 19.6 12.1 26.3
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 20.0 25.9 27.7 31.2 36.5 43.6 47.5 45.4 38.0 31.7 27.9 21.2 29.1
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1961 1986 1981 1981 1988 1975 1983 1966 1967 1989 1980 1981
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -10.1 -1.9 5.1 19.8 29.0 35.2 37.8 36.5 27.8 21.8 6.2 -5.7 23.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1965 1975 1963 1978 1984 1980 1961 1974 1985 1983 1979
Mean Precipitation (in.) 2.13 1.39 1.22 1.41 2.34 2.01 1.16 1.40 1.33 1.16 1.38 1.95 18.88
Highest Precipitation (in.) 5.94 3.19 2.60 4.54 5.46 4.26 3.95 4.83 3.78 3.75 2.55 5.37 36.02
Year Highest Occurred 1971 1986 1989 1975 1980 1975 1983 1989 1985 1975 1990 1977 1975
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.46 0.26 0.27 0.06 0.70 0.23 0.04 0.00 0.09 0.06 0.30 0.35 12.26
Year Lowest Occurred 1987 1973 1985 1977 1973 1985 1973 1969 1987 1965 1979 1986 1973
Heating Degree Days (F) 1380. 1092. 1035. 750. 518. 282. 138. 171. 429. 722. 1062. 1349. 8928.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 6. 29. 32. 6. 0. 0. 0. 73.

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