Superior, WY

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Superior has an annual average temperature of 43.7°F with about 7.6 inches of precipitation per year and 54 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 13.4°F). May is typically the wettest month (1.27 in) and December the driest (0.31 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing
48°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,884
Cooling need
201

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

98 of 366 (26.8%) of Superior'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.

1940s
5
1950s
22
1960s
25
1970s
46
1980s
49
1990s
26
2000s
64
2010s
53
2020s
76

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 29.5°F 13.6°F 21.5°F 0.38 in 8.2 in 5
February 32.9°F 15.7°F 24.3°F 0.37 in 7.9 in 5
March 43.9°F 24.1°F 34.0°F 0.58 in 6.4 in 7
April 52.8°F 29.7°F 41.2°F 0.91 in 8.8 in 8
May 63.2°F 38.4°F 50.8°F 1.27 in 2.7 in 9
June 75.0°F 47.0°F 61.0°F 0.70 in 0.4 in 6
July 84.1°F 54.8°F 69.4°F 0.47 in 5
August 81.5°F 53.1°F 67.3°F 0.56 in 6
September 70.7°F 43.9°F 57.3°F 0.79 in 1.2 in 6
October 56.0°F 32.9°F 44.5°F 0.81 in 6.6 in 6
November 40.5°F 21.8°F 31.2°F 0.40 in 6.0 in 5
December 29.5°F 13.4°F 21.4°F 0.31 in 5.8 in 5

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