Lovell, 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 Lovell's primary NOAA station, LOVELL.
The climate verdict for Lovell
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lovell, Wyoming, with 6.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 6.5"
- annual precipitation · 13" snow
- 143 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Lovell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00485770 · Lovell, WY 45°F mean · 6.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Emblem
- PRCP-ARID 6.5"
- SWING-WIDE 52°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,736 HDD
- STN-1 USC00485770
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Emblem, WY (+ 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.
- Lovell (this station) 45°F
- Hot Hulett, WY 45°F
- Near Emblem, WY 45°F
- Near Ogdensburg, NY 45°F
- Near Montpelier, VT 45°F
Lovell 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 · Lovell
Lovell: 22/100 · grade F
Lovell publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lovell, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 13.3 inches/year | 58/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 188 calendar days | 21/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 143 days/year | 20/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 6.5 in · 28.6 from 35 in | 4/100 · F |
Lovell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lovell's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 71.1°F
- Coldest month
- 19.2°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 Lovell sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lovell's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lovell sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 98%
- Lovell'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 Lovell is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lovell compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lovell's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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
Lovell's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 74 complete annual observations from 1910 to 2023, LOVELL warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lovell primary station fitted change +0.16 °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 | 31°F (-1°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 0.2" | 3.5" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.3" | 2.8" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.2" | 1.2" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 0.7" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.1" | 0.1" | 3.3 | 0.2 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.5 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.3 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.8" | 0.1" | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.7" | 0.8" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.2" | 1.5" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (0°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.2" | 2.6" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 188 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 3.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around October 15, covering 188 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 May 31, when 24% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 5 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 46 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 23 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 Lovell.
Where Lovell Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 7 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 188 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Lovell 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: 3.5"
2.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.2"
2.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
2.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.6"
2.1 days with precipitation
Lovell spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 10%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lovell has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 51.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 1.2" and January 0.2". The three wettest months together take 48% 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.
Lovell is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 45 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 12% of the calendar, and they carry 6.5" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 May at about 7 wet days; the driest is December at about 2.
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 Lovell
Lovell averages 13.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 6 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: 13.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 6 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 21% 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 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 9
50% probability date
Growing Season
143 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,736
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
453
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Lovell 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 (45°F here).
- Craig, AK 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest Lake, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (6.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Winslow, AZ 6.5" · 0.1" off
- Bakersfield, CA 6.4" · 0.1" off
- Gila Bend, AZ 6.3" · 0.1" off
- Mexican Hat, UT 6.3" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lovell
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lovell's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,736 annual heating degree days against 453 for cooling. Its 51.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 143 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. Lovell coldest normal
January
Averaging 19°F (-7°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Lovell typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lovell snow peak
January
Lovell averages 13.3 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 Lovell's primary station: LOVELL (USC00485770). 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 5647950). Match rule for Lovell: 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 Lovell 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.