Three Forks, MT

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Three Forks has an annual average temperature of 45.4°F with about 13 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 15.2°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.36 in) and February the driest (0.29 in).

Annual swing
45.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,236
Cooling need
195

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

9 of 366 (2.5%) of Three Forks'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.

1920s
70
1930s
122
1940s
15
1950s
28
1960s
26
1970s
15
1980s
35
1990s
24
2000s
17
2010s
6
2020s
8

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 33.4°F 15.5°F 24.4°F 0.40 in 5
February 37.1°F 17.7°F 27.4°F 0.29 in 5
March 47.8°F 25.9°F 36.9°F 0.66 in 6
April 56.2°F 32.7°F 44.5°F 1.47 in 9
May 65.7°F 41.5°F 53.6°F 2.18 in 11
June 73.9°F 48.5°F 61.2°F 2.36 in 11
July 84.7°F 53.7°F 69.2°F 1.37 in 7
August 83.7°F 51.0°F 67.3°F 0.98 in 6
September 73.3°F 43.3°F 58.3°F 1.10 in 6
October 58.2°F 33.4°F 45.8°F 0.92 in 7
November 42.4°F 22.9°F 32.7°F 0.63 in 5
December 32.9°F 15.2°F 24.0°F 0.67 in 5

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