Sentinel Butte, ND
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BEACH, ND US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Sentinel Butte has an annual average temperature of 43.7°F with about 16.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 85.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.50 in) and November the driest (0.49 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →0 of 366 (0%) of Sentinel Butte'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.
| 1900s | 17 | |
| 1910s | 42 | |
| 1920s | 51 | |
| 1930s | 51 | |
| 1940s | 18 | |
| 1950s | 36 | |
| 1960s | 39 | |
| 1970s | 12 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 43 | |
| 2000s | 27 | |
| 2010s | 0 |
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 | 27.3°F | 6.2°F | 16.8°F | 0.53 in | — | 4 |
| February | 31.0°F | 10.4°F | 20.7°F | 0.50 in | — | 4 |
| March | 43.1°F | 20.3°F | 31.7°F | 0.79 in | — | 4 |
| April | 56.3°F | 29.7°F | 43.0°F | 1.70 in | — | 5 |
| May | 67.4°F | 40.5°F | 54.0°F | 2.36 in | — | 8 |
| June | 76.5°F | 50.5°F | 63.5°F | 2.50 in | — | 9 |
| July | 84.6°F | 55.6°F | 70.1°F | 2.47 in | — | 7 |
| August | 85.0°F | 53.9°F | 69.5°F | 1.56 in | — | 5 |
| September | 73.9°F | 44.9°F | 59.4°F | 1.81 in | — | 5 |
| October | 56.5°F | 32.3°F | 44.4°F | 1.27 in | — | 5 |
| November | 40.9°F | 20.3°F | 30.6°F | 0.49 in | — | 3 |
| December | 30.2°F | 10.4°F | 20.3°F | 0.52 in | — | 4 |
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