Elk Mountain, WY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ELK MTN, WY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Elk Mountain has an annual average temperature of 43.3°F with about 12.9 inches of precipitation per year and 93.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.78 in) and January the driest (0.67 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Elk Mountain
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →2 of 366 (0.5%) of Elk Mountain'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 | 4 | |
| 1950s | 68 | |
| 1960s | 59 | |
| 1970s | 20 | |
| 1980s | 45 | |
| 1990s | 28 | |
| 2000s | 108 | |
| 2010s | 34 |
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 | 34.7°F | 14.6°F | 24.6°F | 0.67 in | 9.0 in | 5 |
| February | 36.5°F | 15.0°F | 25.8°F | 0.80 in | 15.1 in | 5 |
| March | 44.5°F | 22.5°F | 33.5°F | 1.27 in | 13.2 in | 6 |
| April | 52.1°F | 27.5°F | 39.8°F | 1.54 in | 17.0 in | 8 |
| May | 62.1°F | 35.5°F | 48.8°F | 1.78 in | 5.1 in | 7 |
| June | 74.6°F | 43.1°F | 58.9°F | 1.05 in | — | 4 |
| July | 82.2°F | 49.6°F | 65.9°F | 0.86 in | — | 4 |
| August | 80.0°F | 47.7°F | 63.9°F | 0.74 in | — | 4 |
| September | 71.3°F | 40.2°F | 55.8°F | 1.10 in | 0.4 in | 4 |
| October | 58.0°F | 31.3°F | 44.6°F | 1.32 in | 11.6 in | 5 |
| November | 44.2°F | 22.2°F | 33.2°F | 0.89 in | 9.4 in | 5 |
| December | 35.0°F | 14.8°F | 24.9°F | 0.90 in | 12.5 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Elk Mountain
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).