Phillipsburg Ranger Station, MT 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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, PHILLIPSBURG RS.
The climate verdict for Phillipsburg Ranger Station
Dryness leads the climate profile for Phillipsburg Ranger Station, Montana, with 16.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 42°F. July is the warmest month at 62°F and December the coldest at 24°F.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 16.5"
- annual precipitation
Phillipsburg Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00246472 · Phillipsburg Ranger Station, MT 42°F mean · 16.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Haines
- PRCP-DRY 16.5"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,421 HDD
- STN-1 USC00246472
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Haines, 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 MT station list.
- Phillipsburg Ra… (this station) 42°F
- Cold Haines, AK 42°F
- Hot Driggs, ID 42°F
- Near Kodiak Wwtp, AK 42°F
- Near Gibbonsville, ID 42°F
Phillipsburg Ranger Station 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 · Phillipsburg Ranger Station
Phillipsburg Ranger Station: 12/100 · grade F
Phillipsburg Ranger Station publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Phillipsburg Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.5 in · 18.5 from 35 in | 34/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.0°F · 25.5° from 67.5°F | 9/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 226 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
Phillipsburg Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Phillipsburg Ranger Station is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.3°F and warmest-month mean 62.1°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
- 62.1°F
- Coldest month
- 24.3°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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Phillipsburg Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Phillipsburg Ranger Station sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 79%
- Phillipsburg Ranger Station's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 74%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Phillipsburg Ranger Station is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Phillipsburg Ranger Station's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 80 complete annual observations from 1904 to 2024, PHILLIPSBURG RS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.02°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Phillipsburg Ranger Station primary station fitted change +0.02 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.7" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.1" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.6" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.6" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.5" | 3.7 | 0.3 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 0.8 | 2.7 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.4" | 9.8 | 0.3 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.1" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 34°F (1°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.8" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 226 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 18.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 13, then returns to freezing around October 1, covering 226 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.
The widest day
August 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Phillipsburg Ranger Station.
Where Phillipsburg Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 226 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 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Phillipsburg Ranger Station earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Phillipsburg Ranger Station spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Phillipsburg Ranger Station has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.6" and January 0.7". The three wettest months together take 41% 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.
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
8,421
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
60
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Phillipsburg Ranger Station 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 (42°F here).
- Boonville, NY 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Dickinson, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Evanston, WY 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Grafton, ND 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Beach, ND 16.5" · 0.0" off
- Flagler, CO 16.5" · 0.0" off
- Goldendale, WA 16.5" · 0.0" off
- Prescott, AZ 16.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Phillipsburg Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Phillipsburg Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,421 annual heating degree days against 60 for cooling. Its 37.8°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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Phillipsburg Ranger Station's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.8°F. The annual average is 42°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Phillipsburg Ranger Station's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 16.5 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Phillipsburg Ranger Station'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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station, 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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station's primary station: PHILLIPSBURG RS (USC00246472). 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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station; 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 Phillipsburg Ranger Station 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.