Moran, 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 Moran's primary NOAA station, MORAN 5WNW.
The climate verdict for Moran
Moran, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 36°F. At 47/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 17% of scores.
- 36°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 47/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 25.4"
- annual precipitation · 175" snow
Moran: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00486440 · Moran, WY 36°F mean · 25.4" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sterling
- PRCP-MID 25.4"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-LOW 47/100
- LOAD-HEAT 10,688 HDD
- STN-1 USC00486440
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sterling, 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.
- Moran (this station) 36°F
- Hot Dixie N, ID 36°F
- Near Sterling, AK 36°F
- Near Moose Pass, AK 36°F
- Near South Pass City, WY 36°F
Moran 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 · Moran
Moran: 13/100 · grade F
Moran publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moran, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 47/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 25.4 in · 9.6 from 35 in | 66/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 35.6°F · 31.9° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 242 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 174.9 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Moran · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moran is a continental Köppen climate: Dsc
Coldest-month mean 12.6°F and warmest-month mean 59.5°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, cool summer climates (Dsc). Class Dsc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 59.5°F
- Coldest month
- 12.6°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 Moran sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moran'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, Moran sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 35th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moran compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moran's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
47 17th percentile score exceeds 17% 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
Moran's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 62 complete annual observations from 1952 to 2024, MORAN 5WNW warmed at a fitted rate of 0.23°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Moran primary station fitted change +0.23 °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 | 24°F (-4°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 2.9" | 39.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 30°F (-1°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.3" | 28.2" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.3" | 22.0" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 46°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.2" | 11.7" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 56°F (14°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.4" | 2.9" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 67°F (19°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.8" | 0.3" | 6.9 | 0.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.6" | 0.4" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 51°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.9" | 6.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 35°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.6" | 23.5" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 24°F (-4°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 3.1" | 39.9" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 242 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 1°F near January 5.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 21, then returns to freezing around September 23, covering 242 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 January 1, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 13 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 133 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 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 Moran.
Where Moran Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 242 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 36°F between the normal high and low.
Moran 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: 39.5"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 28.2"
12.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.0"
11.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.7"
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
10.2 days with precipitation
7.1 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.5"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 23.5"
12.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 39.9"
14.8 days with precipitation
Moran spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 16% of the annual total and December through February 33%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moran has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 3.1" and July 1.0". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Rain reaches Moran in small, frequent amounts
Moran records about 132 days with measurable precipitation a year and 25.4" in total, which works out to roughly 0.19 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 36% 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 15 of them.
- Fewest: July, about 7.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.19 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.
Winter brings real snow to Moran
Moran averages 174.9 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 70 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: 174.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 70 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 69% 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,688
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
10
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Moran 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 (36°F here).
- Orr, MN 36°F · 0.0°F off
- Dillon, CO 36°F · 0.1°F off
- Moose Pass, AK 36°F · 0.1°F off
- Sterling, AK 36°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (25.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Rye, CO 25.4" · 0.0" off
- Armour, SD 25.4" · 0.0" off
- Coeur D'alene, ID 25.4" · 0.0" off
- Ragan, NE 25.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Moran
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Moran's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,688 annual heating degree days against 10 for cooling. Its 46.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Moran. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Moran coldest normal
January
Averaging 13°F (-11°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Moran typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Moran snow peak
December
Moran averages 174.9 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Moran's primary station: MORAN 5WNW (USC00486440). 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 Moran; 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 Moran 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.