Lingle, WY 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 Lingle's primary NOAA station, LINGLE 2WSW.
The climate verdict for Lingle
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lingle, Wyoming, with 14.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 47°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.8"
- annual precipitation
- 125 days
- frost-free growing season
Lingle: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00485612 · Lingle, WY 47°F mean · 14.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,852
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vernon
- PRCP-DRY 14.8"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,055 HDD
- STN-1 USC00485612
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Vernon, 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 WY station list.
- Lingle (this station) 47°F
- Cold Frankenmuth, MI 47°F
- Hot Vernon, UT 47°F
- Near Geraldine, MT 47°F
- Near Cody, WY 47°F
Lingle 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 · Lingle
Lingle: 20/100 · grade F
Lingle publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lingle, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 14.8 in · 20.2 from 35 in | 28/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.9°F · 20.6° from 67.5°F | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 199 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 125 days/year | 9/100 · F |
Lingle · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lingle'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
- 71.4°F
- Coldest month
- 26.3°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 Lingle sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lingle's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 73%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lingle sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Lingle's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 60th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lingle compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lingle's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 41°F (5°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.3" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.5" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.7" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.7" | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.2" | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| July | 89°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 15.3 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 12.9 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.3" | 2.5 | 4.4 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.2" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 199 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 24, then returns to freezing around October 9, covering 199 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
August 30 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 Lingle.
Where Lingle Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 199 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 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Lingle earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Lingle runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Lingle'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 May at 2.7", on a wide 45.1°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: May, June, July, taking 46% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.3".
- Winter share: 8% 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 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
125 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,055
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
483
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Lingle 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 (47°F here).
- Bath, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Battle Creek, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bayard, WV 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bellevue, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Billings, MT 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Mccamey, TX 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Trinidad, CO 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Lamoille, NV 14.9" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Lingle's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lingle's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,055 annual heating degree days against 483 for cooling. Its 45.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 125 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 Lingle's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.1°F. The annual average is 47°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Lingle's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 14.8 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.
Lingle wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (14.8 inches).
Lingle 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 Lingle's primary station: LINGLE 2WSW (USC00485612). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 5646790). Match rule for Lingle: 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 Lingle 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.