W Yellowstone Gateway, MT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from W Yellowstone Gateway's primary NOAA station, W YELLOWSTONE GATEWAY.
The climate verdict for W Yellowstone Gateway
W Yellowstone Gateway, Montana has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 35°F. July is the warmest month at 59°F and January the coldest at 14°F.
- 35°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 26.0"
- precipitation, annual total
W Yellowstone Gateway: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00248858 · W Yellowstone Gateway, MT 35°F mean · 26.0" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 35°F
- RANK-COOL #69
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cora
- PRCP-MID 26.0"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,849 HDD
- STN-1 USC00248858
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cora, WY ( -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 MT station list.
- W Yellowstone G… (this station) 35°F
- Cold Cora, WY 35°F
- Hot Eagle Rvr Natur…, AK 35°F
- Near St. Paul, AK 35°F
- Near Lazy Mtn, AK 35°F
W Yellowstone Gateway 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 · W Yellowstone Gateway
W Yellowstone Gateway: 16/100 · grade F
W Yellowstone Gateway publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for W Yellowstone Gateway, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.0 in · 9.0 from 35 in | 68/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 35.2°F · 32.3° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 276 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
W Yellowstone Gateway · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
W Yellowstone Gateway is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 13.5°F and warmest-month mean 59.4°F place this station in continental, no dry season, cool summer climates (Dfc). Class Dfc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 59.4°F
- Coldest month
- 13.5°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 W Yellowstone Gateway sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for W Yellowstone Gateway's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 99%
- Among 6,861 stations, W Yellowstone Gateway sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 35th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 63rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F (-3°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 2.3" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (0°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 2.1" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 2.2" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 48°F (9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.3" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 59°F (15°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 2.7" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 68°F (20°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.5" | 10.9 | 0.2 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.3" | 4.8 | 0.9 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 8.4 | 0.4 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.7" | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 51°F (10°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.9" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 2.6" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 26°F (-3°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 3.0" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 276 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 0°F near January 4.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into June 3, then returns to freezing around September 2, covering 276 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.
The widest day
August 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for W Yellowstone Gateway.
Where W Yellowstone Gateway Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 276 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 42°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
W Yellowstone Gateway earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
W Yellowstone Gateway spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. W Yellowstone Gateway has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 3.0" and July 1.3". The three wettest months together take 32% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,849
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
16
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MT closest to W Yellowstone Gateway 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 (35°F here).
- Boulder, CO 35°F · 0.0°F off
- Walden, CO 35°F · 0.1°F off
- Cora, WY 35°F · 0.1°F off
- St. Paul, AK 35°F · 0.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Greensburg, KS 26.0" · 0.0" off
- Elgin, OR 25.9" · 0.0" off
- Bonesteel, SD 25.9" · 0.0" off
- De Smet, SD 25.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How W Yellowstone Gateway's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
W Yellowstone Gateway's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,849 annual heating degree days against 16 for cooling. Its 45.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for W Yellowstone Gateway. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in W Yellowstone Gateway's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.9°F. The annual average is 35°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
W Yellowstone Gateway's 26.0 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from W Yellowstone Gateway's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for W Yellowstone Gateway, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 W Yellowstone Gateway's primary station: W YELLOWSTONE GATEWAY (USC00248858). 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 W Yellowstone Gateway; 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 W Yellowstone Gateway 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.