Big Timber, MT
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BIG TIMBER, MT US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Big Timber has an annual average temperature of 47°F with about 16.9 inches of precipitation per year and 54.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.06 in) and February the driest (0.65 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Big Timber
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →21 of 366 (5.7%) of Big Timber'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 | 8 | |
| 1900s | 2 | |
| 1910s | 39 | |
| 1920s | 67 | |
| 1930s | 77 | |
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 31 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 22 | |
| 2000s | 12 | |
| 2010s | 9 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
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 | 38.1°F | 19.5°F | 28.8°F | 0.73 in | 7.1 in | 5 |
| February | 40.0°F | 19.6°F | 29.8°F | 0.65 in | 10.8 in | 4 |
| March | 49.3°F | 26.0°F | 37.7°F | 0.98 in | 9.1 in | 6 |
| April | 56.8°F | 32.4°F | 44.6°F | 2.18 in | 3.6 in | 9 |
| May | 66.6°F | 40.3°F | 53.4°F | 3.06 in | 0.6 in | 11 |
| June | 75.8°F | 47.9°F | 61.9°F | 2.63 in | — | 11 |
| July | 86.2°F | 53.5°F | 69.8°F | 1.38 in | — | 8 |
| August | 84.9°F | 51.3°F | 68.1°F | 0.99 in | — | 5 |
| September | 74.1°F | 43.4°F | 58.8°F | 1.31 in | 0.5 in | 6 |
| October | 59.0°F | 34.4°F | 46.7°F | 1.51 in | 4.8 in | 7 |
| November | 45.9°F | 26.0°F | 35.9°F | 0.78 in | 7.9 in | 5 |
| December | 37.2°F | 19.5°F | 28.4°F | 0.73 in | 10.2 in | 4 |
Climate twins of Big Timber
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).