Bates Creek, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bates Creek's primary NOAA station, BATES CREEK #2.
The climate verdict for Bates Creek
Dryness leads the climate profile for Bates Creek, Wyoming, with 13.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 44°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.3"
- annual precipitation · 69" snow
- 127 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Bates Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00480552 · Bates Creek, WY 44°F mean · 13.3" 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 #1,029
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lincoln Nepp
- PRCP-DRY 13.3"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,924 HDD
- STN-1 USC00480552
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lincoln Nepp, NH (+ 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 WY station list.
- Bates Creek (this station) 44°F
- Hot Grand Lake Stre…, ME 44°F
- Near Lincoln Nepp, NH 44°F
- Near Howe, ID 44°F
- Near Hollis, ME 44°F
Bates Creek sits in Wyoming, the #5 coldest U.S. state at 43.3°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Bates Creek
Bates Creek: 15/100 · grade F
Bates Creek publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bates Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 13.3 in · 21.8 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.0°F · 23.5° from 67.5°F | 16/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 198 calendar days | 15/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 127 days/year | 10/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 69.0 inches/year | 10/100 · F |
Bates Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bates Creek is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.1°F and warmest-month mean 68.6°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 68.6°F
- Coldest month
- 23.1°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 Bates Creek sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bates Creek's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 85%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bates Creek sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 87%
- Bates Creek's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 61st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bates Creek compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bates Creek's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Bates Creek's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 45 complete annual observations from 1970 to 2025, BATES CREEK #2 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.41°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bates Creek primary station fitted change +0.41 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.8" | 11.9" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 11.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.9" | 10.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.6" | 9.2" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 2.3" | 2.3" | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 0.1" | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 0.6" | 2.7 | 0.2 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 5.8" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 5.6" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.7" | 11.9" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 198 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near January 31.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 29, then returns to freezing around October 15, covering 198 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 May 23, when 30% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 2 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 75 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bates Creek.
Where Bates Creek Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 198 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Bates Creek earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 11.9"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.1"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.5"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.2"
8.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
9.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
7.2 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.9"
5.9 days with precipitation
Bates Creek spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bates Creek has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.3" and November 0.7". The three wettest months together take 40% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Bates Creek is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 75 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 13.3" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 9 wet days; the driest is November at about 5.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Bates Creek
Bates Creek averages 69.0 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 31 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 69.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 31 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 52% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
127 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,924
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
313
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Bates Creek 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).
- Blair, WI 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Brockway, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Dassel, MN 44°F · 0.0°F off
- De Smet, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Tonsina, AK 13.3" · 0.0" off
- Huntington, OR 13.2" · 0.0" off
- Big Sandy, MT 13.3" · 0.0" off
- Emmett, ID 13.3" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bates Creek
heating led · dry · mid swing
Bates Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,924 annual heating degree days against 313 for cooling. Its 45.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 127 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.
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1. Bates Creek coldest normal
January
Averaging 23°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Bates Creek typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bates Creek snow peak
January
Bates Creek averages 69.0 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Bates Creek's primary station: BATES CREEK #2 (USC00480552). 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 Bates Creek; 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 Bates Creek 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.