Wolf Point, Montana climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wolf Point's normal year runs from 2°F January nights to 87°F July afternoons, with 12.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.1°C, January lows of −17°C, July highs of 30°C, 310 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWolf Point International Airport
- Station IDUSW00094017
- Location48.09°N 105.57°W
- Elevation1,986 ft (605 m)
- Population2,522
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wolf Point.
- Jan 25° 2°
- Feb 30° 6°
- Mar 43° 19°
- Apr 59° 30°
- May 70° 40°
- Jun 78° 50°
- Jul 87° 56°
- Aug 86° 54°
- Sep 75° 43°
- Oct 59° 30°
- Nov 41° 17°
- Dec 28° 6°
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 Wolf Point each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 87°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 2°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.06 in), the least in February (0.15 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°F | 2°F | 13.5°F | 0.20 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 30°F | 6°F | 17.9°F | 0.15 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 10 min |
| March | 43°F | 19°F | 31.0°F | 0.36 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 30°F | 44.1°F | 0.92 | 7 | <1 | 20 | 13 h 40 min |
| May | 70°F | 40°F | 54.9°F | 2.02 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 15 h 10 min |
| June | 78°F | 50°F | 64.3°F | 3.06 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 16 h |
| July | 87°F | 56°F | 71.3°F | 1.79 | 9 | 13 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| August | 86°F | 54°F | 69.9°F | 1.50 | 8 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 75°F | 43°F | 58.8°F | 1.01 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 30°F | 44.4°F | 0.79 | 7 | <1 | 20 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 17°F | 28.9°F | 0.26 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 28°F | 6°F | 17.1°F | 0.15 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 29°F | 43.0°F | 12.21 | 83 | 30 | 198 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4°C | −17°C | −10.3°C | 5 mm |
| February | −1°C | −14°C | −7.8°C | 4 mm |
| March | 6°C | −7°C | −0.6°C | 9 mm |
| April | 15°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 23 mm |
| May | 21°C | 5°C | 12.7°C | 51 mm |
| June | 26°C | 10°C | 17.9°C | 78 mm |
| July | 30°C | 13°C | 21.8°C | 45 mm |
| August | 30°C | 12°C | 21.1°C | 38 mm |
| September | 24°C | 6°C | 14.9°C | 26 mm |
| October | 15°C | −1°C | 6.9°C | 20 mm |
| November | 5°C | −8°C | −1.7°C | 7 mm |
| December | −2°C | −14°C | −8.3°C | 4 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094017; 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 Wolf Point?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USW00094017.
When is the last frost in Wolf Point?
In Wolf Point, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 16 in half of years and after May 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 20 in half of years and before September 7 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 29; 9 in 10 after May 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 201 year in 10 before September 7; 9 in 10 before October 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 125 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 145 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 6 in half of springs and before September 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wolf Point in zone 4a in ZIP code 59201, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Montana · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00094017; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Wolf Point?
In a normal year in Wolf Point, 30 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 198 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 83 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 198a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 73high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 83a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 111°F, on July 24, 2007; the lowest is −41°F, on February 19, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 18.82 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094017; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094017. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wolf Point?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wolf Point, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (86%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 1.6 |
| February | 83% | 2.8 |
| March | 77% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 4.9 |
| May | 74% | 5.9 |
| June | 77% | 6.5 |
| July | 86% | 6.8 |
| August | 83% | 5.6 |
| September | 78% | 4.1 |
| October | 73% | 2.6 |
| November | 72% | 1.6 |
| December | 70% | 1.2 |
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 Wolf Point need?
A normal year in Wolf Point brings 8,494 heating degree days, 58% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 507 cooling degree days, 44% 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 2,275 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,598 | 0 |
| February | 1,320 | 0 |
| March | 1,054 | 0 |
| April | 627 | 0 |
| May | 327 | 12 |
| June | 89 | 67 |
| July | 14 | 207 |
| August | 34 | 184 |
| September | 223 | 36 |
| October | 642 | 2 |
| November | 1,083 | 0 |
| December | 1,483 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,494 | 507 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094017. 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 Wolf Point been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 45.0°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.0°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44.4°F | +1.4°F | 9.04 |
| 2023 | 43.2°F | +0.2°F | 10.27 |
| 2024 | 45.0°F | +2.0°F | 10.13 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094017. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wolf Point's climate compare?
Wolf Point is warmer than 46 of the other 140 places with their own NOAA record in Montana, and wetter than 18. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.0°F is warmer than 12%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wolf Point 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 Wolf Point share this climate record?
Prairie Elk Colony has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Prairie Elk Colony, MT0 people · 12 mi SW
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 Wolf Point's other NOAA stations record?
One more NOAA station keeps 1991-2020 normals in or near Wolf Point. This page uses Wolf Point International Airport; the other differs by site and elevation:
| Station | From this station | Elevation | Year | Jan low | Jul high | Precip. | Snow | Last frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolf Point station USC00249103 | 3 mi W | 2,090 ft | 45.3°F | 6°F | 87°F | 14.3 | – | May 8 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for each station. Last frost: the median last spring date of 32°F.
Questions about Wolf Point's climate
What is the coldest month in Wolf Point?
January, with a normal high of 25°F and a normal low of 2°F. The warmest is July (87°F by day, 56°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Wolf Point?
June, with 3.06 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.15 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wolf Point in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wolf Point in zone 4a in ZIP code 59201, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Wolf Point?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 29. Waiting until May 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Montana climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Vida, MT17 miles from this station, 43.5°F a year
- Wolf Point (29 mi ENE), MT26 miles from this station, 40.5°F a year
- Bredette, MT32 miles from this station, 40.9°F a year
- Wolf Point (34 mi NE), MT32 miles from this station, 41.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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