Brandenberg, MT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Brandenberg's primary NOAA station, BRANDENBERG.
The climate verdict for Brandenberg
Dryness leads the climate profile for Brandenberg, Montana, with 15.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.5"
- annual precipitation · 40" snow
- 127 days
- frost-free growing season
Brandenberg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00241084 · Brandenberg, MT 47°F mean · 15.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sullivan
- PRCP-DRY 15.5"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,253 HDD
- STN-1 USC00241084
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sullivan, WI (+ 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.
- Brandenberg (this station) 47°F
- Cold Fond Du Lac Cou…, WI 47°F
- Hot Rapid City Rgnl, SD 47°F
- Near Sullivan, WI 47°F
- Near Waukesha Wwtp, WI 47°F
Brandenberg 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 · Brandenberg
Brandenberg: 19/100 · grade F
Brandenberg publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Brandenberg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.5 in · 19.5 from 35 in | 30/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 40.4 inches/year | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.6°F · 20.9° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 127 days/year | 10/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 217 calendar days | 6/100 · F |
Brandenberg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Brandenberg'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
- 72.4°F
- Coldest month
- 22.9°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 Brandenberg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Brandenberg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, Brandenberg sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Brandenberg's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Brandenberg is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Brandenberg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Brandenberg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Brandenberg's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 62 complete annual observations from 1957 to 2025, BRANDENBERG warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Brandenberg primary station fitted change +0.15 °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 | 35°F (2°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.6" | 7.5" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.6" | 8.0" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.9" | 6.9" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.7" | 4.0" | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.5" | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.3 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 16.8 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 4.9 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 1.7" | 15.0 | 0.4 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 4.4" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.6" | 7.4" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Brandenberg works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 28 and hold at or above 90°F on 31 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 186 dates, bottoming at 10°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 15 through August 14, covering 31 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 18 to September 29.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 186 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 27, when 37% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 19 at 18%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 90 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Brandenberg.
Where Brandenberg Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 186 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Brandenberg 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: 7.5"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.0"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
11.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.7"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.4"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.4"
6.3 days with precipitation
Brandenberg spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 11%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Brandenberg has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.1" and November 0.5". The three wettest months together take 48% 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.
Brandenberg is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 90 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 15.5" 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 11 wet days; the driest is August 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 Brandenberg
Brandenberg averages 40.4 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 28 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: 40.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 28 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 26% 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 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
127 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,253
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
582
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Brandenberg 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 (47°F here).
- Addison, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Baraboo, WI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Boyne Falls, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Coalville, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Lindrith, NM 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Arco, ID 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Mccammon, ID 15.5" · 0.0" off
- Denio, NV 15.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Brandenberg
heating led · dry · mid swing
Brandenberg's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,253 annual heating degree days against 582 for cooling. Its 49.5°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. Brandenberg 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. Brandenberg typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Brandenberg snow peak
February
Brandenberg averages 40.4 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Brandenberg's primary station: BRANDENBERG (USC00241084). 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 Brandenberg; 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 Brandenberg 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.