Lakeview, MT 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 Lakeview's primary NOAA station, LAKEVIEW.
The climate verdict for Lakeview
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lakeview, Montana, with 19.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 36°F. July is the warmest month at 60°F and January the coldest at 14°F.
- 36°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 19.9"
- yearly precipitation total
Lakeview: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00244820 · Lakeview, MT 36°F mean · 19.9" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Big Piney Marbl…
- PRCP-DRY 19.9"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,426 HDD
- STN-1 USC00244820
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Big Piney Marbleton, WY (+ 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 MT station list.
- Hot Sutton, AK 37°F
- Near Big Piney Marbl…, WY 37°F
- Near Brian Head, UT 37°F
- Lakeview (this station) 36°F
- Cold Santa Maria Rsvr, CO 36°F
Lakeview 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 · Lakeview
Lakeview: 11/100 · grade F
Lakeview publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lakeview, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 19.9 in · 15.1 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.4°F · 31.1° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 234 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Lakeview · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Lakeview is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 14.0°F and warmest-month mean 60.1°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
- 60.1°F
- Coldest month
- 14.0°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 Lakeview sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lakeview's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lakeview sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Lakeview's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 64th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Lakeview's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 42 complete annual observations from 1945 to 2022, LAKEVIEW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lakeview primary station fitted change +0.14 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F (-4°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.3" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 1.1" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.4" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.1" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.7" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 67°F (19°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.5" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 78°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 0.9 | 0.8 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.2" | 2.1 | 0.4 |
| September | 67°F (19°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.5" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 51°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.0" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 1.6" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 24°F (-5°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.2" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 234 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 3°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 15, then returns to freezing around September 25, covering 234 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 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lakeview.
Where Lakeview Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 234 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 36°F between the normal high and low.
Lakeview earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Lakeview spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 18%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lakeview has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.7" and February 1.1". The three wettest months together take 37% 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
10,426
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
19
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Lakeview 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 (36°F here).
- Atlantic City, WY 37°F · 0.1°F off
- Brian Head, UT 37°F · 0.1°F off
- Hope, AK 37°F · 0.1°F off
- King Salmon, AK 37°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Colville, WA 19.9" · 0.0" off
- Porcupine, SD 19.9" · 0.0" off
- Sharon Springs, KS 19.9" · 0.0" off
- Ozona, TX 19.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lakeview's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lakeview's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,426 annual heating degree days against 19 for cooling. Its 46.1°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 Lakeview. 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 Lakeview's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 46.1°F. The annual average is 36°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lakeview's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 19.9 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lakeview'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 Lakeview, 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 Lakeview's primary station: LAKEVIEW (USC00244820). 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 3042100), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Lakeview: 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 Lakeview 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.