Chinook, MT

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 5b USDA hardiness Zone 5b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Chinook has an annual average temperature of 42.4°F with about 13.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 4.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.86 in) and February the driest (0.37 in).

Annual swing
53.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,340
Cooling need
195

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

30 of 366 (8.2%) of Chinook'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
12
1900s
26
1910s
39
1920s
27
1930s
60
1940s
20
1950s
19
1960s
29
1970s
5
1980s
32
1990s
40
2000s
24
2010s
18
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 27.1°F 4.2°F 15.7°F 0.45 in 5
February 31.4°F 6.9°F 19.2°F 0.37 in 5
March 43.0°F 17.7°F 30.4°F 0.59 in 5
April 56.9°F 29.4°F 43.1°F 1.04 in 6
May 67.0°F 40.0°F 53.5°F 2.42 in 10
June 75.4°F 49.3°F 62.4°F 2.86 in 11
July 84.3°F 53.6°F 69.0°F 1.62 in 7
August 83.3°F 51.7°F 67.5°F 1.14 in 5
September 72.3°F 41.2°F 56.8°F 0.99 in 7
October 56.9°F 28.5°F 42.7°F 0.88 in 6
November 41.3°F 17.0°F 29.2°F 0.69 in 6
December 30.5°F 7.5°F 19.0°F 0.39 in 5

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