Big Timber, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BIG TIMBER, MT US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Annual swing
41.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,720
Cooling need
237

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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

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