Medicine Lake, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MEDICINE LAKE 3 SE, MT US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Medicine Lake has an annual average temperature of 41°F with about 14.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 82.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low -0.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.90 in) and February the driest (0.16 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
58.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,850
Cooling need
207

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

38 of 366 (10.4%) of Medicine Lake'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.

1910s
19
1920s
29
1930s
60
1940s
37
1950s
16
1960s
23
1970s
13
1980s
66
1990s
33
2000s
23
2010s
18
2020s
29

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 22.1°F -0.1°F 11.0°F 0.33 in 3
February 26.4°F 3.9°F 15.1°F 0.16 in 2
March 39.0°F 16.3°F 27.6°F 0.42 in 4
April 54.6°F 29.6°F 42.1°F 0.93 in 5
May 66.5°F 41.4°F 53.9°F 2.39 in 8
June 75.1°F 50.6°F 62.8°F 2.90 in 11
July 82.7°F 55.6°F 69.1°F 2.65 in 9
August 82.6°F 53.0°F 67.8°F 1.54 in 7
September 72.0°F 42.1°F 57.1°F 1.17 in 6
October 55.3°F 29.4°F 42.3°F 0.89 in 5
November 38.2°F 15.8°F 27.0°F 0.36 in 3
December 26.9°F 5.3°F 16.1°F 0.32 in 3

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