Moorcroft, WY Climate: Temperature by Month
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30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moorcroft's primary NOAA station, MOORCROFT 3S.
The climate verdict for Moorcroft
Moorcroft, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 45°F. July is the warmest month at 71°F and January the coldest at 22°F.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 129 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Moorcroft: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024088 · Moorcroft, WY 45°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,166
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Estherville
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 7,906 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024088
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Estherville Muni, IA (+ 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.
- Moorcroft (this station) 45°F
- Cold Clintonville, WI 45°F
- Hot Cedar, MN 45°F
- Near Estherville, IA 45°F
- Near Riverton, WY 45°F
Moorcroft 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 · Moorcroft
Moorcroft: 16/100 · grade F
Moorcroft publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moorcroft, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 44.6°F · 22.9° from 67.5°F | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 129 days/year | 11/100 · F |
Moorcroft · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Moorcroft sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Moorcroft are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 83%
- Among 6,861 stations, Moorcroft sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 79%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moorcroft is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Moorcroft's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2024, MOORCROFT 3S warmed at a fitted rate of 0.30°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Moorcroft primary station fitted change +0.30 °C/decade
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) | N/A | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | N/A | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | N/A | 20.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | N/A | 10.2 | 0.2 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 1.1 | 2.2 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 13.2 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 1.0 | 12.0 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | N/A | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | N/A | 17.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | N/A | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | N/A | 30.5 | 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 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 29, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 196 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 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moorcroft.
Where Moorcroft Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Moorcroft 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
129 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,906
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
490
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Moorcroft 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).
- Bath, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Corning, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Darby, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Great Falls, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moorcroft's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Moorcroft's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,906 annual heating degree days against 490 for cooling. Its 49.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 129 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 January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Moorcroft's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.4°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Moorcroft's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moorcroft'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 Moorcroft, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Moorcroft's climate
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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 Moorcroft's primary station: MOORCROFT 3S (USW00024088). 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 5654185). Match rule for Moorcroft: 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 Moorcroft 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.