Fort Laramie, WY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OLD FT LARAMIE, WY US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fort Laramie has an annual average temperature of 49.1°F with about 14.9 inches of precipitation per year and 27.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 91.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.93 in) and January the driest (0.24 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
44.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,240
Cooling need
504

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

112 of 366 (30.6%) of Fort Laramie'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.

1980s
0
1990s
132
2000s
100
2010s
50
2020s
84

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 43.0°F 15.3°F 29.1°F 0.24 in 2.2 in 4
February 45.0°F 17.1°F 31.0°F 0.53 in 6.3 in 5
March 54.8°F 23.5°F 39.1°F 0.80 in 3.1 in 5
April 61.9°F 30.1°F 46.0°F 1.71 in 3.5 in 7
May 71.0°F 40.6°F 55.8°F 2.93 in 0.6 in 10
June 82.8°F 50.0°F 66.4°F 2.19 in 8
July 91.0°F 56.5°F 73.8°F 1.78 in 7
August 89.2°F 54.1°F 71.6°F 1.36 in 6
September 79.8°F 43.8°F 61.8°F 1.39 in 6
October 65.2°F 31.1°F 48.2°F 1.13 in 2.4 in 6
November 52.0°F 22.1°F 37.0°F 0.46 in 3.2 in 4
December 42.6°F 15.4°F 29.0°F 0.42 in 6.2 in 4

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