Worland, 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 Worland's primary NOAA station, WORLAND - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Worland
Winter sets the terms in Worland, Wyoming. A pronounced 55.3°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 45°F. At 28/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 28/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 7.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 136 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Worland: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024062 · Worland, WY 45°F mean · 7.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,166
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sparta
- PRCP-ARID 7.7"
- SWING-WIDE 55°F
- COMF-LOW 28/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,946 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00024062
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sparta, WI (+ 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 WY station list.
- Worland (this station) 45°F
- Cold Riverton, WY 45°F
- Hot Cedar, MN 45°F
- Near Sparta, WI 45°F
- Near Estherville, IA 45°F
Worland 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 · Worland
Worland: 11/100 · grade F
Worland publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Worland, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 28/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 44.6°F · 22.9° from 67.5°F | 18/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 136 days/year | 16/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 7.7 in · 27.3 from 35 in | 7/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 223 calendar days | 4/100 · F |
Worland · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Worland's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWk
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as cold desert (BWk). Class BWk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold desert.
- Köppen code
- BWk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 72.2°F
- Coldest month
- 16.9°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 Worland sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Worland's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 83%
- Among 6,861 stations, Worland sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 97%
- Worland's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Worland is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Worland compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Worland's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
28 0th percentile score exceeds 0% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 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
Worland's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 61 complete annual observations from 1961 to 2025, WORLAND warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Worland primary station fitted change +0.11 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (-1°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 0.2" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 0.2" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.4" | 27.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.0" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.7" | 2.7 | 0.7 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.0" | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 19.7 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 17.1 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| October | 60°F (16°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 16.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.2" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Worland works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 28 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 195 dates, bottoming at 2°F around January 3.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 12 through August 8, covering 28 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 17 to September 27.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 195 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 23, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 10 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 64 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Worland.
Where Worland Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Worland earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
3.6 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
Worland spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 7%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Worland has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 55.3°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.7" and February 0.2". The three wettest months together take 47% 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.
Worland is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 64 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 18% of the calendar, and they carry 7.7" between them. At roughly 0.12 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 9 wet days; the driest is February at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 13
50% probability date
Growing Season
136 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,946
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
528
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Worland 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).
- Bath, ME 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Corning, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Darby, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Great Falls, MT 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (7.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Manassa, CO 7.8" · 0.0" off
- Farmington, NM 7.8" · 0.0" off
- Shafter, CA 7.7" · 0.0" off
- Gerlach, NV 7.8" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Worland's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Worland logs 7,946 heating degree days, more than twice its 528 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.3°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 136 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 55.3°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 45°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Worland.
Worland's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 7.7 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Worland wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (7.7 inches).
Worland driest normal
February
February is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Worland's primary station: WORLAND (USW00024062). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Worland area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 5684925). Match rule for Worland: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Worland 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.