Rawlins, 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 Rawlins's primary NOAA station, RAWLINS 1N.
The climate verdict for Rawlins
Dryness leads the climate profile for Rawlins, Wyoming, with 16.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 44°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 44°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.9"
- annual precipitation
- 138 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Rawlins: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00487529 · Rawlins, WY 44°F mean · 16.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 44°F
- RANK-COOL #961
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bitter Creek
- PRCP-DRY 16.9"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,958 HDD
- STN-1 USC00487529
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bitter Creek, WY ( -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 WY station list.
- Rawlins (this station) 44°F
- Cold Bitter Creek, WY 44°F
- Hot Durham, ME 44°F
- Near Grace, ID 44°F
- Near Buckboard Marina, WY 44°F
Rawlins 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 · Rawlins
Rawlins: 21/100 · grade F
Rawlins publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Rawlins, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.9 in · 18.1 from 35 in | 35/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 191 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 138 days/year | 17/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.8°F · 23.7° from 67.5°F | 15/100 · F |
Rawlins · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Rawlins is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 22.9°F and warmest-month mean 68.5°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
- 68.5°F
- Coldest month
- 22.9°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 Rawlins sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Rawlins's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 86%
- Among 6,861 stations, Rawlins sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Rawlins's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Rawlins compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Rawlins's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (-1°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.1" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (0°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.0" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.6" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.7" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.4" | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (24°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| August | 80°F (26°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.1" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.5" | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.7" | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.2" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 31°F (-1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 1.1" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 191 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 14°F near December 26.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 191 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
June 15 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 Rawlins.
Where Rawlins Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 191 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Rawlins earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Rawlins spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 21% of the annual total and December through February 19%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Rawlins has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.4" and July 1.0". The three wettest months together take 34% 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
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
138 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,958
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
261
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Rawlins 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 (44°F here).
- Bridgton, ME 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Buffalo, MN 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Choteau, MT 44°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamer, ID 44°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Geraldine, MT 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Sequim, WA 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Beulah, ND 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Lamesa, TX 16.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Rawlins's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Rawlins's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,958 annual heating degree days against 261 for cooling. Its 45.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 138 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Rawlins's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.6°F. The annual average is 44°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Rawlins's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 16.9 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 Rawlins'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 Rawlins, 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 Rawlins's primary station: RAWLINS 1N (USC00487529). 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 5663900). Match rule for Rawlins: 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 Rawlins 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.