Billings, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BILLINGS LOGAN INTL AP, MT US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Billings has an annual average temperature of 48.2°F with about 14.3 inches of precipitation per year and 57.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 17.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.36 in) and January the driest (0.55 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
46.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,501
Cooling need
447

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

70 of 366 (19.1%) of Billings'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.

1940s
10
1950s
34
1960s
42
1970s
19
1980s
79
1990s
53
2000s
41
2010s
41
2020s
47

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 36.0°F 17.9°F 27.0°F 0.55 in 10.6 in 7
February 39.2°F 19.7°F 29.4°F 0.57 in 9.1 in 7
March 49.0°F 26.9°F 38.0°F 0.90 in 8.2 in 9
April 56.9°F 34.7°F 45.8°F 1.72 in 7.5 in 10
May 66.9°F 43.8°F 55.3°F 2.36 in 0.9 in 12
June 77.0°F 52.4°F 64.7°F 2.22 in 11
July 87.3°F 59.3°F 73.3°F 1.22 in 8
August 85.8°F 57.5°F 71.6°F 0.87 in 6
September 74.3°F 48.6°F 61.4°F 1.36 in 0.3 in 7
October 58.8°F 37.1°F 47.9°F 1.37 in 4.5 in 8
November 45.7°F 26.7°F 36.2°F 0.60 in 6.5 in 6
December 36.1°F 19.2°F 27.6°F 0.57 in 9.8 in 6

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