Harlowton, MT

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Harlowton has an annual average temperature of 43.8°F with about 13.2 inches of precipitation per year and 19.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.81 in) and February the driest (0.30 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
42.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,713
Cooling need
81

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

66 of 366 (18%) of Harlowton'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
13
1950s
44
1960s
36
1970s
21
1980s
67
1990s
60
2000s
43
2010s
42
2020s
40

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 35.7°F 13.3°F 24.5°F 0.31 in 3.7 in 4
February 38.2°F 14.1°F 26.2°F 0.30 in 1.9 in 3
March 47.5°F 19.8°F 33.7°F 0.55 in 2.6 in 5
April 54.3°F 27.8°F 41.0°F 1.34 in 3.1 in 8
May 64.3°F 37.1°F 50.7°F 2.53 in 0.3 in 9
June 73.6°F 45.5°F 59.6°F 2.81 in 11
July 83.9°F 49.9°F 66.9°F 1.42 in 8
August 83.2°F 48.4°F 65.8°F 1.25 in 6
September 72.5°F 39.6°F 56.1°F 1.07 in 0.1 in 5
October 57.4°F 29.5°F 43.5°F 0.68 in 0.6 in 5
November 44.6°F 20.6°F 32.6°F 0.51 in 3.6 in 4
December 35.4°F 14.7°F 25.0°F 0.41 in 3.7 in 3

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