Havre City County, 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 Havre City County's primary NOAA station, HAVRE CITY CO AP.
The climate verdict for Havre City County
Dryness leads the climate profile for Havre City County, Montana, with 11.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.8"
- annual precipitation · 41" snow
- 131 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Havre City County: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094012 · Havre City County, MT 44°F mean · 11.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #961
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wausau Dwtn
- PRCP-ARID 11.8"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,174 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094012
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wausau Dwtn, 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.
- Havre City Coun… (this station) 44°F
- Cold Harlem, MT 44°F
- Hot Neillsville, WI 44°F
- Near Wausau Dwtn, WI 44°F
- Near Fort Assiniboine, MT 44°F
Havre City County 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 · Havre City County
Havre City County: 26/100 · grade F
Havre City County publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Havre City County, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 45.9°F mean dew point | 71/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 41.0 inches/year | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 193 calendar days | 18/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.8 in · 23.2 from 35 in | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.6°F · 23.9° from 67.5°F | 15/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 131 days/year | 13/100 · F |
Havre City County · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Havre City County'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
- 69.8°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 Havre City County sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Havre City County's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 86%
- Among 6,861 stations, Havre City County sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Havre City County's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Havre City County is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Havre City County compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Havre City County's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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
Havre City County's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 141 complete annual observations from 1880 to 2025, HAVRE CITY CO AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Havre City County primary station fitted change +0.18 °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 | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.4" | 9.0" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (0°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.4" | 6.9" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.5" | 5.2" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.0" | 2.7" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.9" | 0.4" | 5.4 | 0.6 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.9 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.1 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 0.4" | 2.6 | 2.7 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 2.0" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (6°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 6.2" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.4" | 8.2" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 193 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 5.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 22, then returns to freezing around October 13, 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 7, when 40% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 3 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 90 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Havre City County.
Where Havre City County Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
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.
Havre City County 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: 9.0"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
10.5 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
6.2 days with precipitation
Havre City County runs a summer-peaked wet season
42% of Havre City County'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 2.5", on a wide 52.1°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 50% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.4".
- Winter share: 10% 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.
Havre City County 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 11.8" between them. At roughly 0.13 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 June at about 12 wet days; the driest is March at about 6.
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 Havre City County
Havre City County averages 41.0 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: 41.0 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 35% 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
131 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,174
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
406
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 9.9 | 52% | 29% |
| February | 70% | 9.6 | 49% | 30% |
| March | 60% | 10.6 | 49% | 25% |
| April | 53% | 10.9 | 47% | 24% |
| May | 57% | 10.0 | 50% | 22% |
| June | 54% | 9.2 | 65% | 10% |
| July | 46% | 8.8 | 73% | 6% |
| August | 47% | 8.7 | 71% | 10% |
| September | 57% | 9.2 | 64% | 17% |
| October | 64% | 10.4 | 57% | 25% |
| November | 71% | 10.2 | 55% | 28% |
| December | 73% | 9.8 | 53% | 32% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Havre City County 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).
- Andover, MN 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Clearmont, WY 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Conde, SD 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Crestone, CO 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fresno, CA 11.8" · 0.0" off
- King City, CA 11.8" · 0.0" off
- Boulder, UT 11.8" · 0.0" off
- Fullerton, CA 11.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Havre City County
heating led · dry · mid swing
Havre City County's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,174 annual heating degree days against 406 for cooling. Its 52.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 131 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. Havre City County coldest normal
January
Averaging 18°F (-8°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Havre City County typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Havre City County snow peak
January
Havre City County averages 41.0 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 Havre City County's primary station: HAVRE CITY CO AP (USW00094012). 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 Havre City County; 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 Havre City County 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.