Wright, 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 Wright's primary NOAA station, WRIGHT 12W.
The climate verdict for Wright
Dryness leads the climate profile for Wright, Wyoming, with 13.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 34/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 2% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 34/100
- comfort score, above 2% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.9"
- annual precipitation · 58" snow
- 121 days
- frost-free growing season
Wright: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00489805 · Wright, WY 45°F mean · 13.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,166
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Powder River
- PRCP-DRY 13.9"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 34/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,839 HDD
- STN-1 USC00489805
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Powder River, WY (+ 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.
- Wright (this station) 45°F
- Cold Canton, NY 45°F
- Hot Oconto, WI 45°F
- Near Powder River, WY 45°F
- Near Cadillac, MI 45°F
Wright 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 · Wright
Wright: 16/100 · grade F
Wright publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wright, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 34/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 13.9 in · 21.1 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.6°F · 22.9° from 67.5°F | 18/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 58.0 inches/year | 17/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 121 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Wright · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wright's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 69.9°F
- Coldest month
- 23.8°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 Wright sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wright'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, Wright sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 85%
- Wright's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 65th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wright compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wright's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
34 2nd percentile score exceeds 2% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
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) | 13°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.4" | 6.4" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.5" | 8.1" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 47°F (8°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 0.9" | 9.2" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.6" | 10.0" | 20.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.7" | 2.8" | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 2.0" | 0.2" | 0.5 | 2.6 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.0" | 0.9" | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 6.1" | 17.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 44°F (7°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 0.6" | 6.9" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (1°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.4" | 7.4" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 200 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 12°F near December 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 29, then returns to freezing around October 13, covering 200 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 27, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 24 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 19 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wright.
Where Wright Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 200 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Wright earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 6.4"
7.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.1"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.2"
8.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
10.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.8"
11.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.9"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.1"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.4"
7.0 days with precipitation
Wright spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 9%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wright has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.7" and January 0.4". The three wettest months together take 46% 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.
Wright is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 99 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 27% of the calendar, and they carry 13.9" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 12 wet days; the driest is August at about 6.
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.
Winter brings real snow to Wright
Wright averages 58.0 inches of snowfall a year, with April the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 46 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: 58.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 46 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 42% 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 25
50% probability date
Growing Season
121 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,839
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
426
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Wright 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 (13.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- College, AK 13.9" · 0.0" off
- Galena, AK 13.9" · 0.0" off
- Douglas, AZ 14.0" · 0.0" off
- Andrews, TX 14.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wright
heating led · dry · mid swing
Wright's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,839 annual heating degree days against 426 for cooling. Its 46.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 121 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. Wright coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Wright typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wright snow peak
April
Wright averages 58.0 inches of snow a year, with April 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 Wright's primary station: WRIGHT 12W (USC00489805). 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 5685015). Match rule for Wright: 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 Wright 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.