Nye, MT 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 Nye's primary NOAA station, NYE #2.
The climate verdict for Nye
Dryness leads the climate profile for Nye, Montana, with 17.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.9"
- annual precipitation · 70" snow
- 102 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Nye: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00246190 · Nye, MT 45°F mean · 17.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Murphy (desert)…
- PRCP-DRY 17.9"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,388 HDD
- STN-1 USC00246190
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Murphy (desert) Hot Springs, ID (+ 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 MT station list.
- Nye (this station) 45°F
- Cold Hart Mtn Refuge, OR 45°F
- Hot Deer Creek Dam, UT 45°F
- Near Murphy (desert)…, ID 45°F
- Near Mullan, ID 45°F
Nye sits in Montana, the #6 coldest U.S. state at 43.4°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Nye
Nye: 19/100 · grade F
Nye publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Nye, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.9 in · 17.1 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.2°F · 22.3° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 192 calendar days | 18/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 69.7 inches/year | 10/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 102 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Nye · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Nye is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 28.2°F and warmest-month mean 65.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 65.3°F
- Coldest month
- 28.2°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 Nye sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Nye's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Nye sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Nye's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 76%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Nye is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Nye compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Nye's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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 | 40°F (4°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 7.2" | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 9.9" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.1" | 10.0" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.8" | 13.1" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.3" | 2.4" | 7.9 | 0.1 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 0.1" | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 6.8 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 0.2" | 4.3 | 1.5 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.7" | 7.5" | 14.6 | 0.1 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.8" | 9.9" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 9.4" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 192 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°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 21, covering 192 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 June 6, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 16 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 93 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 23 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 Nye.
Where Nye Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 192 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 36°F between the normal high and low.
Nye 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: 7.2"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.9"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.1"
9.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
11.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.5"
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.9"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.4"
5.3 days with precipitation
Nye 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 11%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Nye has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.3" and January 0.5". The three wettest months together take 46% 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.
Nye is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 92 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 17.9" between them. At roughly 0.19 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 12 wet days; the driest is January at about 4.
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 Nye
Nye averages 69.7 inches of snowfall a year, with April the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 25 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: 69.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 25 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 39% 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
September 11
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
102 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,388
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
183
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Nye 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).
- Albert Lea, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brillion, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Easton, WA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeville, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Clayton, NM 17.9" · 0.0" off
- Oshkosh, NE 17.9" · 0.0" off
- Atlantic City, WY 17.9" · 0.0" off
- Pismo Beach, CA 17.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Nye
heating led · dry · mid swing
Nye's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,388 annual heating degree days against 183 for cooling. Its 37.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 102 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. Nye coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Nye typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Nye snow peak
April
Nye averages 69.7 inches of snow a year, with April 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 Nye's primary station: NYE #2 (USC00246190). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3055075), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Nye: 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 Nye 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.