Bedford, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bedford's primary NOAA station, BEDFORD 3 SE.
The climate verdict for Bedford
Bedford, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 39°F. July is the warmest month at 62°F and January the coldest at 17°F.
- 39°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 25.3"
- precipitation, annual total
Bedford: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00480603 · Bedford, WY 39°F mean · 25.3" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lennep
- PRCP-MID 25.3"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 9,615 HDD
- STN-1 USC00480603
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lennep, MT (+ 0.1 °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.
- Bedford (this station) 39°F
- Hot Dillon, MT 39°F
- Near Lennep, MT 39°F
- Near Sunshine, WY 39°F
- Near Scofield-skylin…, UT 39°F
Bedford 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 · Bedford
Bedford: 16/100 · grade F
Bedford publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bedford, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 25.3 in · 9.7 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.6°F · 28.9° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 232 calendar days | 1/100 · F |
Bedford · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Bedford is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 17.3°F and warmest-month mean 61.5°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
- 61.5°F
- Coldest month
- 17.3°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 Bedford sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bedford's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bedford sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 34th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 54th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
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) | 6°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (0°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 2.5" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.3" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.3" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.2" | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.7" | 11.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 2.1" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.1" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 2.1" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 232 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 6°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 13, then returns to freezing around September 25, covering 232 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 January 7, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 19 at 20%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 121 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bedford.
Where Bedford Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 232 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Bedford earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
12.4 days with precipitation
11.2 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
Bedford spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bedford has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.1" and July 1.1". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
How Bedford's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 119 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 25.3" between them, or roughly 0.21 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,615
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
28
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Bedford 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 (39°F here).
- Bottineau, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Hansboro, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Limestone, ME 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Petersburg, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (25.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Coldwater, KS 25.3" · 0.0" off
- Port Mansfield, TX 25.3" · 0.0" off
- Shamrock, TX 25.3" · 0.0" off
- Wheaton, MN 25.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bedford's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Bedford's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,615 annual heating degree days against 28 for cooling. Its 44.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Bedford. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Bedford's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 44.2°F. The annual average is 39°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Bedford's 25.3 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bedford's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Bedford, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Bedford's primary station: BEDFORD 3 SE (USC00480603). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 5606045), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Bedford: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bedford 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.