Deer Lodge, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from DEER LODGE 3 W, MT US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Deer Lodge has an annual average temperature of 40.3°F with about 14.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 79.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 10.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.66 in) and January the driest (0.48 in).

Annual swing
40.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,880
Cooling need
0

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

64 of 366 (17.5%) of Deer Lodge'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.

1950s
1
1960s
61
1970s
48
1980s
60
1990s
56
2000s
70
2010s
19
2020s
51

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 33.2°F 10.7°F 22.0°F 0.48 in
February 36.0°F 13.1°F 24.5°F 0.68 in
March 44.3°F 19.3°F 31.8°F 1.28 in
April 52.9°F 25.8°F 39.4°F 1.08 in
May 62.2°F 33.7°F 47.9°F 2.19 in
June 68.5°F 39.8°F 54.1°F 2.66 in
July 79.1°F 44.2°F 61.6°F 1.51 in
August 79.4°F 42.2°F 60.8°F 1.32 in
September 69.6°F 34.6°F 52.1°F 1.35 in
October 55.4°F 25.8°F 40.6°F 1.00 in
November 40.2°F 16.3°F 28.3°F 0.51 in
December 31.3°F 10.5°F 20.9°F 0.50 in

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