Poplar, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WOLF POINT 29 ENE, MT US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Poplar has an annual average temperature of 40.5°F with about 14.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low -0.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.94 in) and February the driest (0.30 in).

Annual swing
56.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,973
Cooling need
165

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

189 of 366 (51.6%) of Poplar'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.

2000s
129
2010s
117
2020s
120

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 23.4°F -0.1°F 11.7°F 0.43 in 7
February 27.7°F 4.6°F 16.1°F 0.30 in 6
March 40.4°F 16.1°F 28.2°F 0.59 in 8
April 55.8°F 27.4°F 41.6°F 1.03 in 9
May 66.9°F 37.9°F 52.4°F 2.19 in 11
June 75.7°F 47.5°F 61.6°F 2.94 in 14
July 83.6°F 52.9°F 68.2°F 2.57 in 11
August 83.6°F 51.0°F 67.3°F 1.38 in 8
September 72.5°F 40.1°F 56.3°F 1.07 in 8
October 56.1°F 27.2°F 41.6°F 0.87 in 9
November 39.1°F 13.9°F 26.5°F 0.43 in 7
December 26.8°F 2.9°F 14.9°F 0.39 in 7

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