Rock River, WY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MEDICINE BOW, WY US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Rock River has an annual average temperature of 42.2°F with about 11.2 inches of precipitation per year and 51.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 85.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.3°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.74 in) and January the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
46°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,277
Cooling need
54

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31 of 366 (8.5%) of Rock River'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
5
1950s
63
1960s
39
1970s
52
1980s
37
1990s
45
2000s
64
2010s
42
2020s
19

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 31.3°F 10.3°F 20.8°F 0.41 in 6.5 in 6
February 34.8°F 11.5°F 23.1°F 0.63 in 7.9 in 6
March 45.6°F 18.1°F 31.9°F 0.72 in 7.6 in 6
April 55.1°F 25.0°F 40.0°F 1.38 in 7.3 in 8
May 64.8°F 33.3°F 49.1°F 1.74 in 2.4 in 10
June 77.4°F 42.6°F 60.0°F 1.38 in 8
July 85.3°F 48.3°F 66.8°F 1.11 in 7
August 83.0°F 45.9°F 64.4°F 0.82 in 8
September 73.6°F 36.3°F 55.0°F 0.96 in 1.2 in 7
October 59.1°F 26.7°F 42.9°F 1.01 in 5.5 in 7
November 42.8°F 17.6°F 30.2°F 0.55 in 6.5 in 6
December 32.8°F 10.7°F 21.7°F 0.49 in 6.8 in 7

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