Virginia City, MT

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Virginia City has an annual average temperature of 43.9°F with about 15.7 inches of precipitation per year and 64.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 13.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (2.74 in) and February the driest (0.59 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing
41.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,638
Cooling need
36

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Climate change signal

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72 of 366 (19.7%) of Virginia City'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
6
1900s
4
1910s
44
1920s
11
1930s
32
1940s
18
1950s
24
1960s
25
1970s
21
1980s
24
1990s
25
2000s
48
2010s
37
2020s
47

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 36.9°F 15.0°F 26.0°F 0.67 in 11.2 in 6
February 38.9°F 15.4°F 27.1°F 0.59 in 8.0 in 6
March 47.2°F 22.1°F 34.7°F 0.93 in 6.6 in 6
April 54.3°F 28.5°F 41.4°F 1.75 in 10.7 in 10
May 64.2°F 36.6°F 50.4°F 2.37 in 4.3 in 11
June 72.6°F 43.1°F 57.9°F 2.74 in 0.2 in 12
July 82.6°F 49.8°F 66.2°F 1.33 in 8
August 81.3°F 48.6°F 64.9°F 1.14 in 8
September 71.4°F 41.2°F 56.3°F 1.19 in 0.2 in 6
October 57.6°F 31.4°F 44.5°F 1.35 in 3.6 in 7
November 43.8°F 21.3°F 32.6°F 0.82 in 7.7 in 7
December 35.3°F 13.9°F 24.6°F 0.77 in 12.2 in 7

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