Stanford, MT

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Stanford has an annual average temperature of 44.6°F with about 17.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 81.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 15.5°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.10 in) and February the driest (0.48 in).

Annual swing
40.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,428
Cooling need
96

Best time to visit Stanford

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

45 of 366 (12.3%) of Stanford'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.

1960s
29
1970s
46
1980s
83
1990s
71
2000s
77
2010s
32
2020s
28

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 38.0°F 15.5°F 26.8°F 0.57 in 6
February 38.1°F 16.0°F 27.0°F 0.48 in 7
March 46.0°F 22.7°F 34.4°F 0.86 in 8
April 54.1°F 29.9°F 42.0°F 1.90 in 11
May 63.0°F 38.2°F 50.6°F 3.10 in 13
June 71.1°F 46.0°F 58.5°F 3.00 in 13
July 81.6°F 52.3°F 66.9°F 1.70 in 10
August 81.1°F 51.5°F 66.3°F 1.61 in 9
September 71.0°F 43.5°F 57.3°F 1.50 in 7
October 57.3°F 32.8°F 45.0°F 1.31 in 8
November 45.1°F 23.0°F 34.1°F 0.69 in 6
December 37.5°F 16.0°F 26.7°F 0.60 in 6

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