Redbird, Wyoming climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Redbird's normal year runs from 11°F January nights to 89°F July afternoons, with 14.8 inches of precipitation and 57 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.7°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 32°C, 375 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationRedbird
- Station IDUSC00487555
- Location43.24°N 104.29°W
- Elevation3,890 ft (1,186 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Redbird is 60°F and the normal low 30°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 17%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Redbird.
- Jan 37° 11°
- Feb 40° 14°
- Mar 53° 24°
- Apr 61° 32°
- May 70° 42°
- Jun 81° 52°
- Jul 89° 58°
- Aug 89° 56°
- Sep 79° 45°
- Oct 63° 32°
- Nov 48° 20°
- Dec 37° 12°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Redbird each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 89°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 11°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.63 in), the least in January (0.29 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 11°F | 24.2°F | 0.29 | 7.3 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 40°F | 14°F | 27.1°F | 0.45 | 9.1 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 53°F | 24°F | 38.1°F | 0.91 | 10.4 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 32°F | 46.3°F | 1.90 | 8.7 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 70°F | 42°F | 55.9°F | 2.63 | 1.3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 81°F | 52°F | 66.1°F | 2.44 | 0.0 | 9 | 6 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 89°F | 58°F | 73.6°F | 1.93 | 0.0 | 8 | 17 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 89°F | 56°F | 72.3°F | 1.23 | 0.0 | 6 | 16 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 79°F | 45°F | 62.2°F | 1.17 | 0.4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 32°F | 47.5°F | 1.06 | 4.3 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 48°F | 20°F | 34.1°F | 0.44 | 6.2 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 37°F | 12°F | 24.4°F | 0.32 | 9.0 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 33°F | 47.6°F | 14.77 | 56.7 | 73 | 45 | 179 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −11°C | −4.3°C | 7 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 4°C | −10°C | −2.7°C | 11 mm | 23 cm |
| March | 11°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 23 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 16°C | 0°C | 7.9°C | 48 mm | 22 cm |
| May | 21°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 67 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 27°C | 11°C | 18.9°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 15°C | 23.1°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 13°C | 22.4°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 7°C | 16.8°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 17°C | 0°C | 8.6°C | 27 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 9°C | −7°C | 1.2°C | 11 mm | 16 cm |
| December | 3°C | −11°C | −4.2°C | 8 mm | 23 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00487555; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Redbird?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (5).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00487555.
When is the last frost at Redbird?
In Redbird, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 16 in half of years and after May 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 24 in half of years and before September 10 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 161 year in 10 after May 31; 9 in 10 after May 4
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 241 year in 10 before September 10; 9 in 10 before October 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 130 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 148 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 6 in half of springs and before October 2 in half of autumns.
By the USDA's method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in plant hardiness zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (28 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Wyoming · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00487555; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Redbird?
In a normal year in Redbird, 45 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 179 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 73 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 45a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 179a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 35high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 73a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 20a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 112°F, on July 12, 1954; the lowest is −47°F, on January 19, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 21.72 in; the snowiest season is 1992–93, with 96.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00487555; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00487555. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Redbird?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Redbird, 4.4 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and December the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.0 |
| February | 73% | 2.9 |
| March | 73% | 4.1 |
| April | 73% | 5.2 |
| May | 75% | 6.2 |
| June | 83% | 7.2 |
| July | 88% | 7.3 |
| August | 87% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 4.9 |
| October | 76% | 3.3 |
| November | 76% | 2.3 |
| December | 71% | 1.7 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Redbird record?
A normal year at Redbird brings 6,989 heating degree days, 30% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 701 cooling degree days, 23% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,670 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,263 | 0 |
| February | 1,062 | 0 |
| March | 833 | 0 |
| April | 560 | 0 |
| May | 300 | 17 |
| June | 70 | 102 |
| July | 8 | 275 |
| August | 16 | 242 |
| September | 149 | 63 |
| October | 542 | 1 |
| November | 929 | 0 |
| December | 1,257 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,989 | 701 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00487555. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Redbird been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 51.6°F, 4.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 47.6°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.1°F | +2.5°F | 15.78 | 85.0 |
| 2024 | 51.8°F | +4.2°F | 11.68 | 27.0 |
| 2025 | 51.6°F | +4.0°F | 15.58 | 29.0 |
Over 65 complete years from 1949 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.21°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00487555; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Redbird's climate compare?
Redbird is warmer than 61 of the 71 places with their own NOAA record in Wyoming, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.6°F is warmer than 30%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Redbird is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Redbird's climate
What is the coldest month at Redbird?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 11°F. The warmest is July (89°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow at Redbird?
Yes: 57 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (10.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Redbird?
May, with 2.63 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.29 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Redbird in?
By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come at Redbird?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 31. Waiting until May 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wyoming climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lance Creek (11 mi NNE), WY16 miles from this station, 46.5°F a year
- Edgemont, SD24 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Ardmore, SD35 miles from this station, 47.5°F a year
- Lusk, WY35 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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