Rock Springs, WY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ROCK SPRINGS FIRE DEPT, WY US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Rock Springs has an annual average temperature of 45°F with about 10.4 inches of precipitation per year and 31.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 86.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 12.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.88 in) and February the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Annual swing
46.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,404
Cooling need
210

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

196 of 366 (53.6%) of Rock Springs'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
101
2010s
142
2020s
123

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 34.6°F 12.4°F 23.5°F 0.45 in 6.1 in 4
February 37.9°F 15.1°F 26.5°F 0.43 in 5.8 in 5
March 48.6°F 23.4°F 36.0°F 0.61 in 4.4 in 4
April 56.8°F 29.5°F 43.1°F 1.07 in 1.9 in 6
May 67.3°F 37.4°F 52.3°F 1.88 in 0.5 in 9
June 78.6°F 45.2°F 61.9°F 0.82 in 5
July 86.3°F 52.5°F 69.4°F 0.92 in 4
August 84.4°F 50.7°F 67.6°F 0.89 in 5
September 75.0°F 41.2°F 58.1°F 1.17 in 6
October 61.3°F 31.4°F 46.3°F 1.03 in 2.3 in 5
November 44.7°F 20.7°F 32.7°F 0.66 in 3.8 in 4
December 33.2°F 12.4°F 22.8°F 0.52 in 6.5 in 6

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