St. Ignatius, MT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SAINT IGNATIUS, MT US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

St. Ignatius has an annual average temperature of 47.7°F with about 16.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 86.0°F), and the coldest is February (average low 22.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.63 in) and March the driest (0.94 in).

Annual swing
39.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,465
Cooling need
222

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

16 of 366 (4.4%) of St. Ignatius'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.

1890s
10
1900s
4
1910s
37
1920s
21
1930s
52
1940s
17
1950s
31
1960s
40
1970s
28
1980s
37
1990s
36
2000s
35
2010s
2
2020s
16

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 36.8°F 22.6°F 29.7°F 0.95 in 9
February 39.9°F 22.3°F 31.1°F 1.15 in 7
March 50.6°F 28.0°F 39.3°F 0.94 in 8
April 59.4°F 33.9°F 46.7°F 1.75 in 9
May 68.6°F 41.0°F 54.8°F 2.30 in 11
June 75.1°F 46.7°F 60.9°F 2.63 in 11
July 86.0°F 52.2°F 69.1°F 0.97 in 6
August 85.8°F 50.7°F 68.3°F 1.17 in 6
September 74.8°F 44.1°F 59.4°F 1.51 in 7
October 59.3°F 34.6°F 47.0°F 1.28 in 8
November 44.8°F 27.5°F 36.1°F 1.13 in 10
December 36.5°F 22.5°F 29.5°F 0.94 in 9

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