Sheridan Fld Stn, WY 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 Sheridan Fld Stn's primary NOAA station, SHERIDAN FLD STN.
The climate verdict for Sheridan Fld Stn
Dryness leads the climate profile for Sheridan Fld Stn, Wyoming, with 13.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°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.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.9"
- annual precipitation · 33" snow
- 129 days
- frost-free growing season
Sheridan Fld Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00488160 · Sheridan Fld Stn, WY 45°F mean · 13.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sand Creek
- PRCP-DRY 13.9"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,780 HDD
- STN-1 USC00488160
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sand Creek, MT ( -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.
- Sheridan Fld (this station) 45°F
- Cold Sand Creek, MT 45°F
- Hot Fond Du Lac Wwtp, WI 45°F
- Near Dillinger, WY 45°F
- Near Shell, WY 45°F
Sheridan Fld Stn 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 · Sheridan Fld Stn
Sheridan Fld Stn: 21/100 · grade F
Sheridan Fld 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 Sheridan Fld Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 33.2 inches/year | 35/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 13.9 in · 21.1 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 193 calendar days | 18/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 129 days/year | 11/100 · F |
Sheridan Fld Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sheridan Fld Stn'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
- 71.1°F
- Coldest month
- 21.9°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 Sheridan Fld Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sheridan Fld 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 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Sheridan Fld Stn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 85%
- Sheridan Fld Stn's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 78%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sheridan Fld Stn is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sheridan Fld Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sheridan Fld 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
Sheridan Fld Stn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 95 complete annual observations from 1894 to 2025, SHERIDAN FLD STN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.09°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Sheridan Fld Stn primary station fitted change +0.09 °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 | 34°F (1°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.5" | 7.8" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.4" | 4.2" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.7" | 4.5" | 28.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 5.3" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (19°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 2.9" | 0.6" | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.3" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 3.4 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 14.8 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.4" | 0.1" | 4.3 | 4.5 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 2.4" | 20.4 | 0.2 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 0.5" | 3.1" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (1°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.4" | 5.2" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 193 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 10°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 193 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 May 29, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 5 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 66 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 27 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 Sheridan Fld Stn.
Where Sheridan Fld Stn Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 193 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Sheridan Fld 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: 7.8"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.2"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.3"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
9.2 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.4"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.1"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
3.2 days with precipitation
Sheridan Fld Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 10%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Sheridan Fld Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.9" and February 0.4". The three wettest months together take 48% 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.
How Sheridan Fld Stn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 65 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.9" between them, or roughly 0.21 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 Sheridan Fld Stn
Sheridan Fld Stn averages 33.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 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: 33.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 24% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
129 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,780
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
473
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Sheridan Fld 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 (45°F here).
- Craig, AK 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest Lake, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Winston, NM 13.9" · 0.0" off
- Gardiner, MT 13.9" · 0.0" off
- Oak City, UT 13.9" · 0.0" off
- Galena, AK 13.9" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Sheridan Fld Stn
heating led · dry · mid swing
Sheridan Fld Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,780 annual heating degree days against 473 for cooling. Its 49.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 129 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. Sheridan Fld Stn coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Sheridan Fld Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Sheridan Fld Stn snow peak
January
Sheridan Fld Stn averages 33.2 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Sheridan Fld Stn's primary station: SHERIDAN FLD STN (USC00488160). 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 Sheridan Fld 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 Sheridan Fld 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.