Pine Bluffs, 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 Pine Bluffs's primary NOAA station, PINE BLUFFS 5W - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Pine Bluffs
Dryness leads the climate profile for Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, with 14.1 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
- 14.1"
- annual precipitation · 41" snow
- 134 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Pine Bluffs: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00487240 · Pine Bluffs, WY 47°F mean · 14.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Highwood
- PRCP-DRY 14.1"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,079 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00487240
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Highwood, MT (+ 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.
- Pine Bluffs (this station) 47°F
- Hot Malad City, ID 47°F
- Near Highwood, MT 47°F
- Near Utica Oneida Co…, NY 47°F
- Near Ryndon, NV 47°F
Pine Bluffs 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 · Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs: 21/100 · grade F
Pine Bluffs publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Pine Bluffs, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 46.7°F · 20.8° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 41.4 inches/year | 26/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 14.1 in · 20.9 from 35 in | 25/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 134 days/year | 15/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
Pine Bluffs · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Pine Bluffs'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
- 70.7°F
- Coldest month
- 27.0°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 Pine Bluffs sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Pine Bluffs's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Pine Bluffs sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 85%
- Pine Bluffs's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 52nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Pine Bluffs compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Pine Bluffs'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.2" | 4.6" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.3" | 5.4" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 8.5" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (15°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 1.0" | 5.7" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.7" | 0.5" | 5.2 | 0.4 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 2.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.4" | 0.5" | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 4.5" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.3" | 5.6" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.3" | 6.1" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 19, short of 90°F on every date, while 201 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near December 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 201 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 3, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 12 at 8%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 72 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Pine Bluffs.
Where Pine Bluffs Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 201 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Pine Bluffs 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: 4.6"
2.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.4"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.7"
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
9.2 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.6"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.1"
2.8 days with precipitation
Pine Bluffs runs a summer-peaked wet season
46% of Pine Bluffs'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 2.7", on a 43.7°F seasonal spread. 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, July, June, taking 52% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.2".
- Winter share: 5% 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.
Pine Bluffs is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 72 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 20% of the calendar, and they carry 14.1" 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 June at about 10 wet days; the driest is January at about 3.
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 Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs averages 41.4 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 18 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: 41.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 18 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 29% 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 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
134 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,079
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
438
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Pine Bluffs 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).
- Allison, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- American Falls, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Forsyth, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brighton, CO 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Missoula, MT 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Levan, UT 14.1" · 0.0" off
- Condon, OR 14.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Pine Bluffs
heating led · dry · mid swing
Pine Bluffs's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,079 annual heating degree days against 438 for cooling. Its 43.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 134 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. Pine Bluffs coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 27°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Pine Bluffs typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Pine Bluffs snow peak
March
Pine Bluffs averages 41.4 inches of snow a year, with March 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 Pine Bluffs's primary station: PINE BLUFFS 5W (USC00487240). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Pine Bluffs area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 5661435). Match rule for Pine Bluffs: 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 Pine Bluffs 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.