Trout Creek Ranger Station, MT 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, TROUT CREEK RS.
The climate verdict for Trout Creek Ranger Station
Trout Creek Ranger Station, Montana has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 46°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 46°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 26.8"
- annual precipitation · 51" snow
- 124 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Trout Creek Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00248380 · Trout Creek Ranger Station, MT 46°F mean · 26.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sandpoint
- PRCP-MID 26.8"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,089 HDD
- STN-1 USC00248380
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sandpoint Exp Stn, ID (+ 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.
- Trout Creek Ran… (this station) 46°F
- Hot Newport, WA 46°F
- Near Sandpoint, ID 46°F
- Near Enterprise, OR 46°F
- Near Saint Regis, MT 46°F
Trout Creek Ranger Station 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 · Trout Creek Ranger Station
Trout Creek Ranger Station: 32/100 · grade F
Trout Creek Ranger Station publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Trout Creek Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.8 in · 8.2 from 35 in | 71/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.1°F · 21.4° from 67.5°F | 24/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 51.4 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 124 days/year | 9/100 · F |
Trout Creek Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Trout Creek Ranger Station is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 27.6°F and warmest-month mean 66.8°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 66.8°F
- Coldest month
- 27.6°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 Trout Creek Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Trout Creek Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 77%
- Among 6,861 stations, Trout Creek Ranger Station sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 36th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 32nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Trout Creek Ranger Station compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Trout Creek Ranger Station's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Trout Creek Ranger Station's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 36 complete annual observations from 1965 to 2025, TROUT CREEK RS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.07°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Trout Creek Ranger Station primary station fitted change +0.07 °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) | 22°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.2" | 18.2" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 2.3" | 6.4" | 25.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.9" | 3.7" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 58°F (14°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.8" | 0.3" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 6.4 | 0.8 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 11.3 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.8 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.5" | 5.8" | 20.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 33°F (1°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.7" | 17.0" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 172 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around October 29, covering 172 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 December 14, when 51% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 30 at 15%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 128 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Trout Creek Ranger Station.
Where Trout Creek Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Trout Creek Ranger Station 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 and snowfall
Snow: 18.2"
15.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
12.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
11.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
14.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 17.0"
15.6 days with precipitation
Trout Creek Ranger Station spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 16% of the annual total and December through February 35%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Trout Creek Ranger Station has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 39.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 3.7" and August 0.9". The three wettest months together take 39% 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 129 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 26.8" 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station
Trout Creek Ranger Station averages 51.4 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 19 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: 51.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 19 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 19% 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 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
124 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,089
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
234
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to Trout Creek Ranger Station 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 (46°F here).
- Burlington, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Cottonwood, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Deaver, WY 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Dushore, PA 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Charlotte, TX 26.8" · 0.0" off
- Cheyenne, OK 26.8" · 0.0" off
- Taylor, NE 26.8" · 0.0" off
- Brownsville, TX 26.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Trout Creek Ranger Station
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Trout Creek Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,089 annual heating degree days against 234 for cooling. Its 39.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 124 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. Trout Creek Ranger Station coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 28°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Trout Creek Ranger Station typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Trout Creek Ranger Station snow peak
January
Trout Creek Ranger Station averages 51.4 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station's primary station: TROUT CREEK RS (USC00248380). 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station; 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 Trout Creek Ranger Station 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.