Raymond Border Stn, MT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Raymond Border Stn's primary NOAA station, RAYMOND BORDER STN.
The climate verdict for Raymond Border Stn
Winter sets the terms in Raymond Border Stn, Montana. A pronounced 56.3°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 41°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 41°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.1"
- annual precipitation · 31" snow
- 127 days
- frost-free growing season
Raymond Border Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00246893 · Raymond Border Stn, MT 41°F mean · 15.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wilton
- PRCP-DRY 15.1"
- SWING-WIDE 56°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,199 HDD
- STN-1 USC00246893
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wilton, ND (+ 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.
- Raymond Border (this station) 41°F
- Cold Wolf Point, MT 41°F
- Hot Leech Lake, MN 41°F
- Near Wilton, ND 41°F
- Near Sandy Lake Dam…, MN 41°F
Raymond Border Stn 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 · Raymond Border Stn
Raymond Border Stn: 17/100 · grade F
Raymond Border Stn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Raymond Border Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 31.3 inches/year | 37/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.1 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 127 days/year | 10/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 40.6°F · 26.9° from 67.5°F | 6/100 · F |
Raymond Border Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Raymond Border Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 11.3°F and warmest-month mean 67.6°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
- 67.6°F
- Coldest month
- 11.3°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 Raymond Border Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Raymond Border Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 94%
- Among 6,861 stations, Raymond Border Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 82%
- Raymond Border Stn's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Raymond Border Stn is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Raymond Border Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Raymond Border Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Raymond Border Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 44 complete annual observations from 1951 to 2018, RAYMOND BORDER STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Raymond Border Stn primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F (-6°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 0.4" | 7.7" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 25°F (-4°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 0.5" | 4.6" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.5" | 4.2" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.2" | 2.0" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.2" | 0.1" | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 1.3 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.8" | 1.5" | 16.2 | 0.1 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.4" | 2.7" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 24°F (-5°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 0.5" | 8.5" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around August 1, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 2°F near January 14.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 26, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 196 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 15, when 35% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 8 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 66 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Raymond Border Stn.
Where Raymond Border Stn Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Raymond Border Stn 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: 7.7"
3.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.6"
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.2"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.1 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
3.1 days with precipitation
Raymond Border Stn runs a summer-peaked wet season
51% of Raymond Border Stn'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 June at 3.2", on a wide 56.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. 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: June, July, May, taking 53% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.4".
- Winter share: 9% 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.
How Raymond Border Stn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 66 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.1" between them, or roughly 0.23 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
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 Raymond Border Stn
Raymond Border Stn averages 31.3 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 14 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: 31.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 14 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 21% 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
127 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,199
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
334
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Raymond Border Stn 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 (41°F here).
- Aitkin, MN 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Aspen, CO 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Centennial, WY 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Chatham, MI 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Monument, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Palo Alto, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Jemez Springs, NM 15.2" · 0.0" off
- Bly, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Raymond Border Stn
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Raymond Border Stn logs 9,199 heating degree days, more than twice its 334 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 56.3°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 127 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. Raymond Border Stn coldest normal
January
Averaging 11°F (-11°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Raymond Border Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Raymond Border Stn snow peak
December
Raymond Border Stn averages 31.3 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 Raymond Border Stn's primary station: RAYMOND BORDER STN (USC00246893). 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 Raymond Border Stn; 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 Raymond Border Stn 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.