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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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City: Billings Glasgow Great Falls Helena Missoula

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Helena, Montana

Average Temperature Rankings, January 1946

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
January 1946 1-Month	28.8°F (-1.8°C)	23.4°F (-4.8°C)	5.4°F (3.0°C)	70th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1949, 1950
				14th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2006
	Ties: 1958
Dec 1945–Jan 1946 2-Month	25.5°F (-3.6°C)	22.9°F (-5.1°C)	2.6°F (1.5°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1949
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	1958
	Ties: 1965, 2022
Nov 1945–Jan 1946 3-Month	27.7°F (-2.4°C)	26.3°F (-3.2°C)	1.4°F (0.8°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1940	2000
	Ties: 1983
Oct 1945–Jan 1946 4-Month	33.4°F (0.8°C)	31.0°F (-0.6°C)	2.4°F (1.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1939	2000
	Ties: 1994, 1999, 2012, 2019
Sep 1945–Jan 1946 5-Month	37.8°F (3.2°C)	36.5°F (2.5°C)	1.3°F (0.7°C)	58th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				24th Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2002
	Ties: 1940, 1941, 1964, 2020
Aug 1945–Jan 1946 6-Month	43.1°F (6.2°C)	41.9°F (5.5°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	62nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1986
				20th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2002
	Ties: 1964, 1995, 2020
Jul 1945–Jan 1946 7-Month	47.1°F (8.4°C)	45.9°F (7.7°C)	1.2°F (0.7°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1979
				23rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2002
	Ties: 1953, 1961
Jun 1945–Jan 1946 8-Month	48.5°F (9.2°C)	48.0°F (8.9°C)	0.5°F (0.3°C)	51st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952, 1979
				31st Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2022
	Ties: 1970
May 1945–Jan 1946 9-Month	49.0°F (9.4°C)	48.7°F (9.3°C)	0.3°F (0.1°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952, 1979
				35th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2002
	Ties: 1988, 1992
Apr 1945–Jan 1946 10-Month	48.2°F (9.0°C)	48.4°F (9.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1944	2002
Mar 1945–Jan 1946 11-Month	47.0°F (8.3°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2002
Feb 1945–Jan 1946 12-Month	45.4°F (7.4°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952
				38th Warmest	Warmest since: 1941	2016
	Ties: 1977, 2019
Aug 1944–Jan 1946 18-Month	44.0°F (6.7°C)	44.4°F (6.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	35th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1950, 1952
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2022
	Ties: 1971, 1977, 1978, 2010
Feb 1944–Jan 1946 24-Month	44.6°F (7.0°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1950
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
Feb 1943–Jan 1946 36-Month	44.5°F (6.9°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952
				52nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1943	2018
	Ties: 1970
Feb 1942–Jan 1946 48-Month	44.1°F (6.7°C)	45.6°F (7.6°C)	-1.5°F (-0.9°C)	7th Coolest	Coolest since: 1945	1952
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2002, 2009, 2019
	Ties: 1945, 1973, 1986
Feb 1941–Jan 1946 60-Month	44.3°F (6.8°C)	45.7°F (7.6°C)	-1.4°F (-0.8°C)	9th Coolest	Coolest since: 1946	1952, 1953
				55th Warmest	Warmest since: 1945	2009
	Ties: 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 2, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/