Lusk, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lusk's primary NOAA station, LUSK 25NE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Lusk
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lusk, Wyoming, with 17.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 48°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 48°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.7"
- annual precipitation · 49" snow
- 140 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Lusk: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00485833 · Lusk, WY 48°F mean · 17.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,058
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Merriman
- PRCP-DRY 17.7"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,975 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00485833
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Merriman, NE (+ 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.
- Lusk (this station) 48°F
- Cold Elizabeth, IL 48°F
- Hot Freeport Waste…, IL 48°F
- Near Merriman, NE 48°F
- Near Burlington, VT 48°F
Lusk 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 · Lusk
Lusk: 27/100 · grade F
Lusk publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lusk, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.7 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.6°F · 19.9° from 67.5°F | 30/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 186 calendar days | 22/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 48.7 inches/year | 22/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
Lusk · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lusk'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
- 73.1°F
- Coldest month
- 26.6°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 Lusk sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lusk's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 70%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lusk sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Lusk's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 66th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lusk compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lusk's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (4°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.3" | 5.7" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.6" | 9.5" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 9.6" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.3" | 6.9" | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.5" | 2.4" | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.5 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.8 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 5.5 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.6" | 2.9" | 11.5 | 0.2 |
| November | 49°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.4" | 4.7" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 39°F (4°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 7.0" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 90°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 186 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 21, then returns to freezing around October 19, covering 186 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 24, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 8 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 61 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lusk.
Where Lusk Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 186 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Lusk earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.7"
2.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.5"
3.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
9.1 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.7"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.0"
3.4 days with precipitation
Lusk spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 7%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lusk has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.5°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.5" and January 0.3". The three wettest months together take 47% 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.
How Lusk's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 61 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 17.7" between them, or roughly 0.29 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Lusk
Lusk averages 48.7 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 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: 48.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 28% 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
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,975
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
672
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Lusk 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 (48°F here).
- Bend, OR 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Benton, PA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonesteel, SD 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Bonners Ferry, ID 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Richfield, KS 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Towner, ND 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Washburn, ND 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Hartley, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lusk
heating led · dry · mid swing
Lusk's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,975 annual heating degree days against 672 for cooling. Its 46.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 140 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. Lusk coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Lusk typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lusk snow peak
March
Lusk averages 48.7 inches of snow a year, with March 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 Lusk's primary station: LUSK 25NE (USC00485833). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Lusk area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 5648530). Match rule for Lusk: 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 Lusk 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.