Virginia City, MT
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from VIRGINIA CITY, MT US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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.
Best time to visit Virginia City
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All-time records →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 |
Climate twins of Virginia City
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