Baker Muni, MT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Baker Muni's primary NOAA station, BAKER MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Baker Muni
Dryness leads the climate profile for Baker Muni, Montana, with 14.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 44°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 133 days
- frost-free growing season
Baker Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094055 · Baker Muni, MT 44°F mean · 14.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #892
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vida
- PRCP-DRY 14.6"
- SWING-WIDE 53°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,276 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094055
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Vida, MT (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every MT station list.
- Baker (this station) 44°F
- Hot Malta, MT 44°F
- Near Vida, MT 44°F
- Near Pretty Rock, ND 44°F
- Cold River Falls, WI 43°F
Baker Muni sits in Montana, the #6 coldest U.S. state at 43.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Baker Muni
Baker Muni: 18/100 · grade F
Baker Muni publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Baker Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 14.6 in · 20.4 from 35 in | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 193 calendar days | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.5°F · 24.0° from 67.5°F | 14/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 133 days/year | 14/100 · F |
Baker Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Baker Muni's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 70.7°F
- Coldest month
- 17.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Baker Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Baker Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 87%
- Among 6,861 stations, Baker Muni sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Baker Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Baker Muni is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Baker Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Baker Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.2" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (0°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.3" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.5" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.7" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.8" | 0.2 | 2.3 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.5" | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 16.9 | 0.1 |
| November | 42°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (0°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.2" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 193 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 9.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 193 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 4, when 43% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 4 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 88 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Baker Muni.
Where Baker Muni Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 193 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Baker Muni earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.4 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
Baker Muni runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Baker Muni's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 2.8", on a wide 53°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, May, July, taking 51% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.2".
- Winter share: 4% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Baker Muni is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 88 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 14.6" between them. At roughly 0.17 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 12 wet days; the driest is January at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
133 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,276
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
468
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Baker Muni on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (44°F here).
- Alpena, MI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Amery, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Blanca, CO 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Cross Village, MI 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Newkirk, NM 14.6" · 0.0" off
- Livermore, CA 14.6" · 0.0" off
- Ester, AK 14.6" · 0.0" off
- Nogales, AZ 14.6" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Baker Muni's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Baker Muni's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,276 annual heating degree days against 468 for cooling. Its 53.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 133 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Baker Muni's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 53.0°F. The annual average is 44°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Baker Muni's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.6 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Baker Muni wettest normal
June
June concentrates the scarce annual total (14.6 inches).
Baker Muni driest normal
December
December is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Baker Muni's primary station: BAKER MUNI AP (USW00094055). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Baker Muni; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Baker Muni comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.