Lincoln Ranger Station, 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 Lincoln Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, LINCOLN RS.
The climate verdict for Lincoln Ranger Station
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lincoln Ranger Station, Montana, with 18.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 41°F. July is the warmest month at 63°F and December the coldest at 22°F.
- 41°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 18.8"
- precipitation, annual total
Lincoln Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00245040 · Lincoln Ranger Station, MT 41°F mean · 18.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yaak
- PRCP-DRY 18.8"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,788 HDD
- STN-1 USC00245040
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Yaak, MT (+ 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.
- Lincoln Ranger… (this station) 41°F
- Cold Holden Village, WA 41°F
- Hot Chilly Barton F…, ID 41°F
- Near Yaak, MT 41°F
- Near Tizer Gardens, MT 41°F
Lincoln Ranger Station 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 · Lincoln Ranger Station
Lincoln Ranger Station: 14/100 · grade F
Lincoln Ranger Station publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lincoln Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 18.8 in · 16.2 from 35 in | 42/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.0°F · 26.5° from 67.5°F | 7/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 222 calendar days | 4/100 · F |
Lincoln Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Lincoln Ranger Station is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.6°F and warmest-month mean 62.6°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
- 62.6°F
- Coldest month
- 21.6°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 Lincoln Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lincoln Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 93%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lincoln Ranger Station sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 74%
- Lincoln Ranger Station's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude 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 | 32°F (0°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 1.5" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.3" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 44°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.3" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.5" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.0" | 12.3 | 0.2 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.6" | 2.7 | 0.6 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.4 | 5.8 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 2.7 | 4.2 |
| September | 70°F (21°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.3" | 12.0 | 0.7 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.6" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.4" | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (-1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 1.5" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 222 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 12, then returns to freezing around October 4, covering 222 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 9, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 12 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 105 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lincoln Ranger Station.
Where Lincoln Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 222 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Lincoln Ranger Station earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
9.0 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
8.8 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
12.3 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
Lincoln Ranger Station spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lincoln Ranger Station has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 2.6" and July 0.8". 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.
Lincoln Ranger Station is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 105 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 29% of the calendar, and they carry 18.8" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 August at about 7.
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.
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
8,788
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
70
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Lincoln Ranger Station 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 (41°F here).
- Baraga, MI 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Butte, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Garrison, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Hazelton, ND 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (18.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Upham, ND 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Kenai, AK 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Rapid City, SD 18.8" · 0.0" off
- Chadron, NE 18.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lincoln Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lincoln Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,788 annual heating degree days against 70 for cooling. Its 41.0°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 Lincoln Ranger Station. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lincoln Ranger Station's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.0°F. The annual average is 41°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lincoln Ranger Station's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 18.8 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 Lincoln Ranger Station'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 Lincoln Ranger Station, 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 Lincoln Ranger Station's primary station: LINCOLN RS (USC00245040). 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 Lincoln Ranger Station; 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 Lincoln Ranger Station 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.