Albin, Wyoming climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Albin's normal year runs from 18°F December nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 19.5 inches of precipitation and 69 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.1°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 31°C, 495 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAlbin
- Station IDUSC00480080
- Location41.40°N 104.10°W
- Elevation5,345 ft (1,629 m)
- Population162
On October 12, the normal high in Albin is 64°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Albin.
- Jan 41° 18°
- Feb 41° 19°
- Mar 52° 25°
- Apr 60° 31°
- May 68° 41°
- Jun 80° 50°
- Jul 87° 56°
- Aug 85° 55°
- Sep 77° 47°
- Oct 62° 35°
- Nov 49° 25°
- Dec 39° 18°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Albin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.95 in), the least in December (0.61 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F | 18°F | 29.2°F | 0.63 | 10.7 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 41°F | 19°F | 30.0°F | 0.73 | 11.2 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 52°F | 25°F | 38.4°F | 1.37 | 10.7 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 31°F | 45.3°F | 2.11 | 7.8 | 7 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 41°F | 54.4°F | 2.95 | 0.9 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 50°F | 65.1°F | 2.29 | 0.0 | 9 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 87°F | 56°F | 71.7°F | 2.46 | 0.0 | 7 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 55°F | 69.9°F | 2.28 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 47°F | 61.7°F | 1.96 | 1.6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 35°F | 48.4°F | 1.41 | 5.0 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 25°F | 36.8°F | 0.68 | 10.6 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 39°F | 18°F | 28.3°F | 0.61 | 10.2 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 35°F | 48.3°F | 19.48 | 68.7 | 74 | 26 | 166 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −8°C | −1.6°C | 16 mm | 27 cm |
| February | 5°C | −7°C | −1.1°C | 19 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 11°C | −4°C | 3.6°C | 35 mm | 27 cm |
| April | 15°C | −1°C | 7.4°C | 54 mm | 20 cm |
| May | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 75 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 13°C | 22.1°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 30°C | 13°C | 21.1°C | 58 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 8°C | 16.5°C | 50 mm | 4 cm |
| October | 17°C | 1°C | 9.1°C | 36 mm | 13 cm |
| November | 9°C | −4°C | 2.7°C | 17 mm | 27 cm |
| December | 4°C | −8°C | −2.1°C | 15 mm | 26 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00480080; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Albin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00480080.
When is the last frost in Albin?
In Albin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 14 in half of years and after May 25 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 2 in half of years and before September 18 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 141 year in 10 after May 25; 9 in 10 after May 2
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 21 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 142 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 161 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 3 in half of springs and before October 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Albin in zone 5b in ZIP code 82050, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Albin's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (18 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Wyoming · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00480080; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Albin?
In a normal year in Albin, 26 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 166 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 74 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 26a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 166a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 30high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 74a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 25a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 109°F, on July 10, 1954; the lowest is −31°F, on December 22, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 28.57 in; the snowiest season is 1983–84, with 145.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00480080; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00480080. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Albin?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Albin, 4.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (83%) and April the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 2.3 |
| February | 75% | 3.2 |
| March | 76% | 4.5 |
| April | 72% | 5.4 |
| May | 73% | 6.1 |
| June | 81% | 7.1 |
| July | 83% | 6.9 |
| August | 83% | 6.1 |
| September | 83% | 5.0 |
| October | 78% | 3.6 |
| November | 78% | 2.5 |
| December | 75% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Albin need?
A normal year in Albin brings 6,605 heating degree days, 23% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 529 cooling degree days, 42% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,461 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,109 | 0 |
| February | 980 | 0 |
| March | 826 | 0 |
| April | 593 | 0 |
| May | 337 | 7 |
| June | 81 | 84 |
| July | 11 | 217 |
| August | 18 | 170 |
| September | 151 | 51 |
| October | 517 | 1 |
| November | 846 | 0 |
| December | 1,137 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,605 | 529 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00480080. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Albin's climate compare?
Albin is warmer than 64 of the other 70 places with their own NOAA record in Wyoming, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.3°F is warmer than 33%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Albin is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Albin share this climate record?
Harrisburg has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Harrisburg, NE78 people · 22 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Albin's climate
What is the coldest month in Albin?
December, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Albin?
Yes: 69 inches in a normal year, falling on 25 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (11.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Albin?
May, with 2.95 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.61 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Albin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Albin in zone 5b in ZIP code 82050, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Albin's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Albin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 25. Waiting until May 25 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wyoming climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pine Bluffs, WY16 miles from this station, 48.2°F a year
- La Grange, WY17 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Harrisburg (12 mi WNW), NE18 miles from this station, 47.4°F a year
- Phillips, WY25 miles from this station, 47.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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