All-time weather records — Townsend, MT

Record high
105.1°F
August 6, 1961
Record low
-38.9°F
January 26, 1957
Wettest day
2.10 in
June 19, 1979

Climate change signal in Townsend

11.5%

of Townsend's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

10.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (37 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
17
17
1950s
36
80
1960s
47
70
1970s
29
33
1980s
68
52
1990s
64
34
2000s
42
34
2010s
32
23
2020s
31
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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.0°F — Jan 31, 1992 -38.9°F — Jan 26, 1957 0.67 in — Jan 19, 1954
February 72.0°F — Feb 24, 1995 -38.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 0.47 in — Feb 28, 1970
March 79.0°F — Mar 20, 2026 -36.9°F — Mar 4, 2019 0.75 in — Mar 19, 1972
April 88.0°F — Apr 29, 1992 0.0°F — Apr 21, 2008 1.30 in — Apr 30, 1951
May 93.9°F — May 20, 1954 12.9°F — May 2, 1954 1.72 in — May 10, 1980
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 1990 19.0°F — Jun 3, 1950 2.10 in — Jun 19, 1979
July 100.9°F — Jul 18, 2011 34.0°F — Jul 7, 1971 1.82 in — Jul 10, 1983
August 105.1°F — Aug 6, 1961 25.0°F — Aug 25, 1992 1.55 in — Aug 25, 1979
September 99.0°F — Sep 3, 2022 12.0°F — Sep 30, 1950 1.32 in — Sep 18, 2024
October 89.1°F — Oct 1, 1963 -11.0°F — Oct 26, 2020 1.11 in — Oct 15, 1962
November 75.0°F — Nov 1, 1988 -29.0°F — Nov 15, 1959 0.75 in — Nov 1, 1973
December 69.1°F — Dec 1, 2021 -36.9°F — Dec 22, 1990 0.44 in — Dec 25, 1996

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