All-time weather records — Billings, MT

Record high
108.0°F
July 14, 2002
Record low
-32.1°F
December 24, 1983
Wettest day
3.12 in
May 24, 2011

Climate change signal in Billings

19.1%

of Billings's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

9.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
10
9
1950s
34
75
1960s
42
56
1970s
19
52
1980s
79
51
1990s
53
41
2000s
41
31
2010s
41
25
2020s
47
26

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1935-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 11, 1953 -29.9°F — Jan 12, 1997 1.22 in — Jan 2, 1972
February 72.0°F — Feb 10, 1961 -27.9°F — Feb 2, 1989 0.65 in — Feb 25, 2000
March 82.9°F — Mar 20, 2026 -20.7°F — Mar 2, 2014 1.13 in — Mar 29, 2006
April 90.0°F — Apr 20, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 2, 2002 2.53 in — Apr 28, 1978
May 95.0°F — May 30, 1984 14.0°F — May 2, 1954 3.12 in — May 24, 2011
June 105.1°F — Jun 15, 2021 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1951 2.91 in — Jun 8, 1997
July 108.0°F — Jul 14, 2002 41.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 2.06 in — Jul 3, 1993
August 105.1°F — Aug 2, 2024 35.1°F — Aug 25, 1992 1.90 in — Aug 20, 1965
September 102.9°F — Sep 1, 1983 21.9°F — Sep 24, 1984 2.19 in — Sep 13, 1966
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2011 -7.1°F — Oct 30, 1991 1.86 in — Oct 3, 2016
November 77.0°F — Nov 4, 1983 -22.0°F — Nov 16, 1959 1.11 in — Nov 4, 1968
December 69.1°F — Dec 2, 2021 -32.1°F — Dec 24, 1983 0.98 in — Dec 2, 2013

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Billings.