Torrington, Wyoming climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Torrington's normal year runs from 15°F December nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 12.8 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.5°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 32°C, 326 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationTorrington Municipal Airport
- Station IDUSW00094053
- Location42.06°N 104.15°W
- Elevation4,205 ft (1,282 m)
- Population6,211
On October 23, the normal high in Torrington is 60°F and the normal low 30°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Torrington.
- Jan 42° 16°
- Feb 44° 17°
- Mar 54° 25°
- Apr 61° 32°
- May 70° 42°
- Jun 83° 52°
- Jul 90° 58°
- Aug 88° 56°
- Sep 79° 45°
- Oct 64° 33°
- Nov 51° 22°
- Dec 41° 15°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Torrington each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in May (2.53 in), the least in January (0.23 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 16°F | 28.8°F | 0.23 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 44°F | 17°F | 30.6°F | 0.29 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 54°F | 25°F | 39.2°F | 0.66 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 32°F | 46.4°F | 1.61 | 9 | <1 | 15 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 70°F | 42°F | 56.0°F | 2.53 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 83°F | 52°F | 67.2°F | 2.12 | 10 | 9 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 90°F | 58°F | 74.3°F | 1.73 | 8 | 20 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 88°F | 56°F | 71.8°F | 0.97 | 7 | 16 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 79°F | 45°F | 62.2°F | 1.10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 33°F | 48.2°F | 1.09 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 22°F | 36.5°F | 0.26 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 41°F | 15°F | 28.3°F | 0.23 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 34°F | 49.1°F | 12.82 | 81 | 53 | 172 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −9°C | −1.8°C | 6 mm |
| February | 7°C | −8°C | −0.8°C | 7 mm |
| March | 12°C | −4°C | 4.0°C | 17 mm |
| April | 16°C | 0°C | 8.0°C | 41 mm |
| May | 21°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 64 mm |
| June | 28°C | 11°C | 19.6°C | 54 mm |
| July | 32°C | 15°C | 23.5°C | 44 mm |
| August | 31°C | 13°C | 22.1°C | 25 mm |
| September | 26°C | 7°C | 16.8°C | 28 mm |
| October | 18°C | 0°C | 9.0°C | 28 mm |
| November | 10°C | −5°C | 2.5°C | 7 mm |
| December | 5°C | −9°C | −2.1°C | 6 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. Torrington's own co-op station Torrington Experiment Farm does: 31 inches of snow in a normal year (see the other stations below).
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094053; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Torrington?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USW00094053.
When is the last frost in Torrington?
In Torrington, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 11 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 29 in half of years and before September 16 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 111 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 291 year in 10 before September 16; 9 in 10 before October 11
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 139 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 160 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Torrington in zone 5a in ZIP code 82240, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Torrington's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (21 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 USW00094053; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; 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 in Torrington?
In a normal year in Torrington, 53 days a year reach 90°F (6 of them 100°F or more), 172 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 81 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 53a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 172a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 81a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 107°F, on July 16, 2006; the lowest is −30°F, on February 18, 2006.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2014, with 18.77 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094053; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094053. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Torrington?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Torrington, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and February the cloudiest (72%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.1 |
| February | 72% | 2.9 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 72% | 5.2 |
| May | 74% | 6.2 |
| June | 82% | 7.2 |
| July | 86% | 7.1 |
| August | 86% | 6.3 |
| September | 84% | 5.0 |
| October | 77% | 3.4 |
| November | 76% | 2.4 |
| December | 72% | 1.8 |
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 much heating and cooling does Torrington need?
A normal year in Torrington brings 6,480 heating degree days, 21% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 725 cooling degree days, 20% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,727 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,124 | 0 |
| February | 963 | 0 |
| March | 800 | 0 |
| April | 559 | 1 |
| May | 297 | 18 |
| June | 62 | 129 |
| July | 4 | 291 |
| August | 15 | 225 |
| September | 144 | 60 |
| October | 522 | 1 |
| November | 855 | 0 |
| December | 1,136 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,480 | 725 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094053. 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.
Has Torrington been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.8°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.2°F | +1.1°F | 9.41 |
| 2022 | 49.0°F | −0.1°F | 5.72 |
| 2023 | 49.3°F | +0.2°F | 15.15 |
| 2024 | 51.9°F | +2.8°F | 7.91 |
| 2025 | 50.8°F | +1.7°F | 9.65 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094053. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Torrington's climate compare?
Torrington is warmer than 69 of the other 70 places with their own NOAA record in Wyoming, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.1°F is warmer than 36%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Torrington 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.
Which places near Torrington share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Morrill, NE922 people · 14 mi SE
- Lyman, NE251 people · 12 mi SE
- Henry, NE134 people · 7 mi SE
- Huntley, WY14 people · 9 mi S
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
What do Torrington's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Torrington. This page uses Torrington Municipal Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrington Experiment Farm USC00488995 | 4 mi W | 4,098 ft | 48.3°F | 12°F | 90°F | 14.9 | 31 | May 14 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Torrington's climate
What is the coldest month in Torrington?
December, with a normal high of 41°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Torrington?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Torrington's NOAA station; Torrington's own co-op station Torrington Experiment Farm records 31 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Torrington?
May, with 2.53 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Torrington in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Torrington in zone 5a in ZIP code 82240, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Torrington's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −17°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Torrington?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 11; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Wyoming climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lingle, WY13 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Yoder, WY16 miles from this station, 49.8°F a year
- Old Fort Laramie, WY23 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Mitchell, NE25 miles from this station, 49.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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