Burgess Junction, WY 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 Burgess Junction's primary NOAA station, BURGESS JUNCTION.
The climate verdict for Burgess Junction
Burgess Junction, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 35°F. July is the warmest month at 56°F and February the coldest at 18°F.
- 35°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 24.1"
- annual precipitation
Burgess Junction: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00481220 · Burgess Junction, WY 35°F mean · 24.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 35°F
- RANK-COOL #69
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leadville Lake…
- PRCP-DRY 24.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 11,092 HDD
- STN-1 USC00481220
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Leadville Lake County, CO (+ 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.
- Burgess Junction (this station) 35°F
- Hot Leadville Lake…, CO 35°F
- Cold Stanley, ID 34°F
- Near Old Faithful, WY 34°F
- Near Snake Rvr, WY 34°F
Burgess Junction 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 · Burgess Junction
Burgess Junction: 14/100 · grade F
Burgess Junction publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Burgess Junction, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 24.1 in · 10.9 from 35 in | 62/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 34.5°F · 33.0° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 252 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Burgess Junction · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Burgess Junction is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 18.1°F and warmest-month mean 56.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, cool summer climates (Dfc). Class Dfc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 56.4°F
- Coldest month
- 18.1°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 Burgess Junction sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Burgess Junction's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 99%
- Among 6,861 stations, Burgess Junction sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 33rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 72%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Burgess Junction is compact 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 | 30°F (-1°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.4" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-1°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 1.7" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.1" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 2.8" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 3.5" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 61°F (16°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.4" | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| July | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 1.6" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| August | 70°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.2" | 3.1 | 0.0 |
| September | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| October | 46°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 2.3" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.6" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-2°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 1.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 72°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 252 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 6°F near February 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 28, then returns to freezing around September 20, covering 252 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.
The widest day
July 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Burgess Junction.
Where Burgess Junction Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 252 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Burgess Junction earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Burgess Junction spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Burgess Junction has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.3°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.5" and August 1.2". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
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
11,092
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
5
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
February
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Burgess Junction 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 (35°F here).
- Skwentna, AK 35°F · 0.0°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 0.1°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 0.2°F off
- Silverton, CO 35°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (24.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gothenburg, NE 24.1" · 0.0" off
- McNary, AZ 24.1" · 0.0" off
- Conde, SD 24.1" · 0.0" off
- Miami, TX 24.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Burgess Junction's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Burgess Junction's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 11,092 annual heating degree days against 5 for cooling. Its 38.3°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 Burgess Junction. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Burgess Junction's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.3°F. The annual average is 35°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Burgess Junction's 24.1 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 Burgess Junction'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 Burgess Junction, 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 Burgess Junction's primary station: BURGESS JUNCTION (USC00481220). 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 Burgess Junction; 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 Burgess Junction 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.