Miles City, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MILES CITY F WILEY FLD, MT US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Miles City has an annual average temperature of 46.2°F with about 12.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 8.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.73 in) and December the driest (0.22 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
54.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,305
Cooling need
519

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

51 of 366 (13.9%) of Miles City'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.

1930s
21
1940s
31
1950s
40
1960s
39
1970s
16
1980s
49
1990s
49
2000s
51
2010s
38
2020s
32

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 30.1°F 8.9°F 19.5°F 0.28 in 5
February 34.7°F 12.5°F 23.6°F 0.26 in 5
March 46.8°F 22.5°F 34.7°F 0.55 in 6
April 58.1°F 32.9°F 45.5°F 1.54 in 9
May 68.1°F 42.9°F 55.5°F 2.73 in 12
June 78.6°F 52.5°F 65.6°F 2.51 in 11
July 88.7°F 59.6°F 74.2°F 1.51 in 8
August 87.4°F 57.6°F 72.5°F 0.91 in 7
September 75.6°F 46.9°F 61.2°F 1.07 in 7
October 59.0°F 33.8°F 46.4°F 0.97 in 8
November 44.3°F 21.2°F 32.7°F 0.33 in 5
December 33.1°F 11.7°F 22.4°F 0.22 in 4

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