Medicine Lake, MT
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MEDICINE LAKE 3 SE, MT US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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).
Best time to visit Medicine Lake
Full guide →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 |
Climate twins of Medicine Lake
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