Sundance, WY

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

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Sundance has an annual average temperature of 43.8°F with about 20.4 inches of precipitation per year and 81.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 13.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (3.47 in) and December the driest (0.51 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
45.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,797
Cooling need
180

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

24 of 366 (6.6%) of Sundance'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
11
1910s
17
1920s
18
1930s
79
1940s
19
1950s
27
1960s
10
1970s
8
1980s
22
1990s
46
2000s
59
2010s
43
2020s
7

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 32.7°F 13.2°F 23.0°F 0.82 in 12.9 in 9
February 34.1°F 13.7°F 23.9°F 0.89 in 14.7 in 9
March 44.2°F 22.2°F 33.2°F 1.04 in 10.3 in 9
April 52.2°F 29.2°F 40.7°F 2.48 in 13.2 in 12
May 62.6°F 39.2°F 50.9°F 3.47 in 1.5 in 13
June 73.1°F 48.8°F 60.9°F 3.03 in 11
July 82.0°F 55.5°F 68.7°F 2.48 in 9
August 80.8°F 53.8°F 67.3°F 1.71 in 7
September 71.4°F 44.8°F 58.1°F 1.32 in 0.9 in 7
October 55.8°F 32.6°F 44.2°F 1.71 in 5.8 in 9
November 42.2°F 22.1°F 32.1°F 0.91 in 9.8 in 8
December 32.5°F 13.7°F 23.1°F 0.51 in 12.2 in 8

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