Newcastle, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Newcastle's primary NOAA station, NEWCASTLE.
The climate verdict for Newcastle
Dryness leads the climate profile for Newcastle, Wyoming, with 17.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°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.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.2"
- annual precipitation · 39" snow
- 143 days
- frost-free growing season
Newcastle: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00486660 · Newcastle, WY 47°F mean · 17.2" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,921
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kyle
- PRCP-DRY 17.2"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,130 HDD
- STN-1 USC00486660
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kyle, SD (+ 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.
- Newcastle (this station) 47°F
- Cold Jefferson Wwtp, WI 47°F
- Hot Monroe Wwtp, WI 47°F
- Near Kyle, SD 47°F
- Near Toledo, IA 47°F
Newcastle 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 · Newcastle
Newcastle: 30/100 · grade F
Newcastle publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Newcastle, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.2 in · 17.8 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 169 calendar days | 33/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 47.3°F · 20.2° from 67.5°F | 29/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 38.9 inches/year | 29/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 143 days/year | 20/100 · F |
Newcastle · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Newcastle'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
- 73.4°F
- Coldest month
- 24.4°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 Newcastle sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Newcastle's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 72%
- Among 6,861 stations, Newcastle sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Newcastle's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Newcastle is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Newcastle compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Newcastle'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
Newcastle's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 84 complete annual observations from 1910 to 2025, NEWCASTLE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.04°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Newcastle primary station fitted change +0.04 °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 | 35°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.5" | 6.8" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.7" | 7.7" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 4.9" | 24.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.7" | 5.0" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.6" | 4.2 | 0.7 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.6 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 0.2" | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.2" | 1.4" | 11.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 0.6" | 5.5" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.5" | 6.8" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 169 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 27.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 10, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 169 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 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 21 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 88 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Newcastle.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 6.8"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.7"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.0"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
10.6 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.8"
5.8 days with precipitation
Newcastle runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Newcastle's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is May at 2.9", on a wide 49°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: May, June, July, taking 47% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.5".
- Winter share: 10% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Newcastle is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 88 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 24% of the calendar, and they carry 17.2" between them. At roughly 0.20 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 11 wet days; the driest is November at about 5.
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 Newcastle
Newcastle averages 38.9 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 20 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: 38.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 20 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 23% 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 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
143 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,130
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
711
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Newcastle 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 (47°F here).
- Alton, UT 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Atkinson, NE 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Charlotte, MI 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Emmetsburg, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Long Creek, OR 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Fleming, CO 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Colusa, CA 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Eagle Nest, NM 17.2" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Newcastle
heating led · dry · mid swing
Newcastle's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,130 annual heating degree days against 711 for cooling. Its 49.0°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. Newcastle coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Newcastle typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Newcastle snow peak
February
Newcastle averages 38.9 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Newcastle's primary station: NEWCASTLE (USC00486660). 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 5656215). Match rule for Newcastle: 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 Newcastle 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.