Laurin, MT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Laurin's primary NOAA station, LAURIN 2NE.
The climate verdict for Laurin
Dryness leads the climate profile for Laurin, Montana, with 13.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 43°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.0"
- annual precipitation
- 121 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Laurin: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00244896 · Laurin, MT 43°F mean · 13.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laketown
- PRCP-DRY 13.0"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,114 HDD
- STN-1 USC00244896
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Laketown, UT (+ 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.
- Laurin (this station) 43°F
- Hot W Glacier, MT 43°F
- Near Laketown, UT 43°F
- Near Kalispell Glaci…, MT 43°F
- Near Salina, UT 43°F
Laurin 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 · Laurin
Laurin: 14/100 · grade F
Laurin publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Laurin, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 13.0 in · 22.0 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.0°F · 24.5° from 67.5°F | 13/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 121 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Laurin · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Laurin is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.9°F and warmest-month mean 65.1°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
- 65.1°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 Laurin sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Laurin's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Laurin sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 87%
- Laurin's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 45th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Laurin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Laurin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.4" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.5" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.7" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.8" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.3" | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 69°F (20°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.2" | 2.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 1.0" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 42°F (5°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.7" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.7" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 200 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 2, then returns to freezing around October 16, covering 200 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 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 31°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Laurin.
Where Laurin Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 200 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Laurin earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Laurin runs a summer-peaked wet season
38% of Laurin'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 2.3", on a 42.2°F seasonal spread. 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 42% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 12% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
121 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,114
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
135
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Laurin 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 (43°F here).
- Arco, ID 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Browns Valley, MN 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Estes Park, CO 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Fife Lake, MI 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Sierra Vista, AZ 13.0" · 0.0" off
- Cedar City, UT 13.0" · 0.0" off
- Susanville, CA 13.0" · 0.0" off
- Cheraw, CO 13.0" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Laurin's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Laurin's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,114 annual heating degree days against 135 for cooling. Its 42.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 121 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.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Laurin's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.2°F. The annual average is 43°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Laurin's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.0 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.
Laurin wettest normal
June
June concentrates the scarce annual total (13.0 inches).
Laurin driest normal
January
January is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Laurin's primary station: LAURIN 2NE (USC00244896). 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 Laurin; 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 Laurin 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.