All-time weather records — Philipsburg, MT

Record high
98.1°F
July 13, 2002
Record low
-41.1°F
January 13, 2024
Wettest day
3.45 in
June 13, 2017

Climate change signal in Philipsburg

27%

of Philipsburg's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (99 of 366 records since 2015).

9.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (36 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 #
1950s
8
29
1960s
57
85
1970s
24
79
1980s
62
48
1990s
55
32
2000s
46
40
2010s
56
30
2020s
58
23

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 1956, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1955-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 23, 2005 -41.1°F — Jan 13, 2024 0.90 in — Jan 7, 2016
February 66.9°F — Feb 6, 2026 -38.0°F — Feb 4, 1989 0.75 in — Feb 9, 1972
March 72.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 2, 2019 0.90 in — Mar 5, 2026
April 80.1°F — Apr 30, 1992 -0.9°F — Apr 13, 2022 2.50 in — Apr 26, 1975
May 90.0°F — May 31, 1986 8.1°F — May 1, 1972 1.93 in — May 20, 1957
June 96.1°F — Jun 28, 2015 21.0°F — Jun 14, 1968 3.45 in — Jun 13, 2017
July 98.1°F — Jul 13, 2002 25.0°F — Jul 7, 1971 2.23 in — Jul 10, 1983
August 98.1°F — Aug 4, 1961 19.0°F — Aug 26, 1992 1.36 in — Aug 7, 1971
September 95.0°F — Sep 3, 2022 5.0°F — Sep 17, 1965 1.50 in — Sep 8, 1973
October 86.0°F — Oct 2, 1992 -9.0°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.80 in — Oct 18, 1995
November 73.0°F — Nov 5, 1975 -29.9°F — Nov 16, 1959 1.80 in — Nov 1, 2017
December 63.0°F — Dec 1, 2021 -38.0°F — Dec 21, 1983 0.80 in — Dec 3, 1985

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