Pahaska, WY Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Pahaska's primary NOAA station, PAHASKA.
The climate verdict for Pahaska
Pahaska, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 38°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.
- 38°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 47/100
- comfort score, above 17% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.2"
- annual precipitation · 181" snow
Pahaska: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00487031 · Pahaska, WY 38°F mean · 27.2" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 38°F
- RANK-COOL #206
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hermit
- PRCP-MID 27.2"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 47/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,819 HDD
- STN-1 USC00487031
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hermit, CO (+ 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.
- Pahaska (this station) 38°F
- Cold Jackson, WY 38°F
- Hot Monashka Creek…, AK 38°F
- Near Hermit, CO 38°F
- Near Eaglecrest Base, AK 38°F
Pahaska 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 · Pahaska
Pahaska: 14/100 · grade F
Pahaska publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pahaska, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 47/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 27.2 in · 7.8 from 35 in | 72/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.0°F · 29.5° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 259 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 180.5 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Pahaska · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Pahaska is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 18.7°F and warmest-month mean 60.7°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
- 60.7°F
- Coldest month
- 18.7°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 Pahaska sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Pahaska's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 97%
- Among 6,861 stations, Pahaska sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Pahaska compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Pahaska'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F (0°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 2.2" | 27.1" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 34°F (1°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 1.9" | 31.4" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 2.5" | 26.5" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 48°F (9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.4" | 20.8" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.6" | 3.9" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.7" | 0.1" | 10.2 | 1.0 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 1.7 | 3.6 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 3.4 | 1.6 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.9" | 1.8" | 17.1 | 0.1 |
| October | 53°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.5" | 10.0" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 39°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 3.1" | 26.9" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 30°F (-1°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 2.7" | 32.0" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 23, short of 90°F on every date, while 259 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 31, then returns to freezing around September 16, covering 259 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 25, when 57% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 20 at 33%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 155 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 44°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pahaska.
Where Pahaska Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 259 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 44°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Pahaska 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: 27.1"
12.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 31.4"
13.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 26.5"
13.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.8"
15.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.9"
16.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
12.8 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
13.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 26.9"
12.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 32.0"
13.7 days with precipitation
Pahaska spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Pahaska has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 3.1" and August 1.3". The three wettest months together take 31% 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 Pahaska in small, frequent amounts
Pahaska records about 155 days with measurable precipitation a year and 27.2" in total, which works out to roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day. Precipitation on 43% 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: May, about 17 of them.
- Fewest: July, about 10.
- Average depth per wet day: 0.18 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 Pahaska
Pahaska averages 180.5 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 67 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: 180.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 67 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 66% 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
9,819
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
15
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Pahaska 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 (38°F here).
- Cook, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Wright, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Cavalier, ND 38°F · 0.1°F off
- Ely, MN 38°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bartlett, NE 27.2" · 0.0" off
- Little Falls, MN 27.2" · 0.0" off
- Albion, NE 27.2" · 0.1" off
- Littlefork, MN 27.1" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Pahaska
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Pahaska's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,819 annual heating degree days against 15 for cooling. Its 42.0°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 Pahaska. 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. Pahaska coldest normal
December
Averaging 19°F (-7°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Pahaska typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Pahaska snow peak
December
Pahaska averages 180.5 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 Pahaska's primary station: PAHASKA (USC00487031). 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 Pahaska; 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 Pahaska 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.