What is the hottest month in Bearcreek?

July is the warmest month in Bearcreek, with an average high of 81.2°F.

What is the coldest month in Bearcreek?

January is the coldest month in Bearcreek, with an average low of 13.9°F.

What month does Bearcreek get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Bearcreek, with about 4.72 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Bearcreek in?

Bearcreek is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Bearcreek changed recently?

19.4% of Bearcreek's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Bearcreek, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from RED LODGE, MT US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Bearcreek has an annual average temperature of 43.4°F with about 22.7 inches of precipitation per year and 141.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (4.72 in) and January the driest (0.84 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing

40.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,806

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

71 of 366 (19.4%) of Bearcreek's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		15
1900s		15
1910s		23
1920s		30
1930s		48
1940s		11
1950s		28
1960s		25
1970s		11
1980s		41
1990s		20
2000s		22
2010s		33
2020s		44

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	37.5°F	13.9°F	25.7°F	0.84 in	13.5 in	5
February	36.7°F	14.3°F	25.5°F	1.14 in	19.4 in	5
March	45.7°F	21.7°F	33.7°F	1.78 in	20.2 in	7
April	53.3°F	28.5°F	40.9°F	2.77 in	25.5 in	9
May	62.0°F	36.6°F	49.3°F	4.72 in	6.2 in	12
June	71.6°F	43.7°F	57.6°F	2.59 in	0.6 in	11
July	81.2°F	49.9°F	65.6°F	1.45 in	—	10
August	80.6°F	48.7°F	64.7°F	1.01 in	—	8
September	71.2°F	41.6°F	56.4°F	1.63 in	2.1 in	7
October	56.4°F	31.4°F	43.9°F	2.34 in	17.0 in	7
November	43.1°F	21.2°F	32.1°F	1.39 in	18.7 in	6
December	35.7°F	14.2°F	25.0°F	1.00 in	18.7 in	6