Moose, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Moose's primary NOAA station, MOOSE 1 NNE - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Moose
Moose, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 37°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.
- 37°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 24.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 65 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Moose: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00004131 · Moose, WY 37°F mean · 24.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 37°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Matanuska
- PRCP-DRY 24.1"
- SWING-WIDE 48°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 10,280 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00004131
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Matanuska Exp Farm, AK ( -0.1 °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.
- Moose (this station) 37°F
- Cold Matanuska, AK 37°F
- Near Cooper Landing, AK 37°F
- Near Creede Wtp, CO 37°F
- Near Intricate Bay, AK 37°F
Moose 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 · Moose
Moose: 12/100 · grade F
Moose publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moose, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 24.1 in · 10.9 from 35 in | 62/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.8°F · 30.7° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 65 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 233 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Moose · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moose is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 12.8°F and warmest-month mean 61.0°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 61.0°F
- Coldest month
- 12.8°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 Moose sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moose's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Moose sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 33rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Moose is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moose compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moose'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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F (-5°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 3.3" | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.3" | N/A | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.2" | N/A | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.2" | N/A | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | N/A | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 69°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.8" | N/A | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.8" | N/A | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.0" | N/A | 1.2 | 0.2 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.3" | N/A | 12.5 | 0.1 |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.8" | N/A | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 2.3" | N/A | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 25°F (-4°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 3.2" | N/A | 30.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 233 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 1°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 16, then returns to freezing around September 27, covering 233 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 February 11, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 14 at 26%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 155 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Moose.
Where Moose Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 233 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 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Moose 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
16.4 days with precipitation
16.8 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
17.8 days with precipitation
Moose's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 36% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 15%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a wide 48.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
- Wettest month
- January, 3.3"
- Driest month
- July, 0.8"
- Wettest three months
- January, December, November (36% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
Rain reaches Moose in small, frequent amounts
Moose records about 155 days with measurable precipitation a year and 24.1" in total, which works out to roughly 0.16 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 42% of all days, arriving that lightly, is the damp many-grey-days pattern rather than the storm-driven one.
Places in this band read as wetter than their annual totals suggest, because what people notice is the number of overcast days, not the depth in the gauge.
- Most wet days: December, about 18 of them.
- Fewest: August, about 8.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.16 inches.
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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
August 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
65 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,280
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
16
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Moose 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 (37°F here).
- Island Park, ID 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Jackson, MT 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Valdez, AK 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Babbitt, MN 37°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (24.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gothenburg, NE 24.1" · 0.0" off
- Conde, SD 24.1" · 0.0" off
- McNary, AZ 24.1" · 0.0" off
- Miami, TX 24.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moose's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Moose's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,280 annual heating degree days against 16 for cooling. Its 48.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 65 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 Moose's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.2°F. The annual average is 37°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Moose's 24.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moose'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 Moose, 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 Moose's primary station: MOOSE 1 NNE (USW00004131). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Moose area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 Moose; 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 Moose 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.