Yellowstone National Park E Ent, 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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent's primary NOAA station, YELLOWSTONE NP E ENT.
The climate verdict for Yellowstone National Park E Ent
Yellowstone National Park E Ent, Wyoming has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 36°F. July is the warmest month at 58°F and December the coldest at 17°F.
- 36°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 26.1"
- annual precipitation
Yellowstone National Park E Ent: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00489902 · Yellowstone National Park E Ent, WY 36°F mean · 26.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fraser
- PRCP-MID 26.1"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,532 HDD
- STN-1 USC00489902
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fraser, CO ( -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 WY station list.
- Yellowstone Nat… (this station) 36°F
- Cold St Paul Island, AK 36°F
- Hot Amber Lake, AK 36°F
- Near Fraser, CO 36°F
- Near Talkeetna, AK 36°F
Yellowstone National Park E Ent 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 · Yellowstone National Park E Ent
Yellowstone National Park E Ent: 16/100 · grade F
Yellowstone National Park E Ent publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Yellowstone National Park E Ent, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.1 in · 8.9 from 35 in | 69/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.1°F · 31.4° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 262 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Yellowstone National Park E Ent · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Yellowstone National Park E Ent is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 16.6°F and warmest-month mean 58.4°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
- 58.4°F
- Coldest month
- 16.6°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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yellowstone National Park E Ent's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Yellowstone National Park E Ent 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
- 43rd 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 | 30°F (-1°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 2.1" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 32°F (0°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 1.9" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.9" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.0" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 57°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.6" | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 67°F (19°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.6" | 8.7 | 0.0 |
| July | 78°F (25°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.4" | 1.6 | 0.6 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| September | 67°F (19°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 1.9" | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 51°F (11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.5" | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 37°F (3°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.9" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-2°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 2.9" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 262 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 3°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 26, then returns to freezing around September 8, covering 262 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 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yellowstone National Park E Ent.
Where Yellowstone National Park E Ent Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 262 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 40°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Yellowstone National Park E Ent earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Yellowstone National Park E Ent 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 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Yellowstone National Park E Ent has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: November averages 2.9" and August 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
10,532
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
5
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Yellowstone National Park E Ent 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 (36°F here).
- Rolette, ND 36°F · 0.0°F off
- Fraser, CO 36°F · 0.1°F off
- Talkeetna, AK 36°F · 0.2°F off
- Lakeview, MT 36°F · 0.3°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Berkeley, CA 26.1" · 0.0" off
- Plainville, KS 26.1" · 0.0" off
- Childress, TX 26.1" · 0.0" off
- Freedom, OK 26.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Yellowstone National Park E Ent's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Yellowstone National Park E Ent's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 10,532 annual heating degree days against 5 for cooling. Its 41.8°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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Yellowstone National Park E Ent's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.8°F. The annual average is 36°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Yellowstone National Park E Ent's 26.1 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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent'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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent, 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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent's primary station: YELLOWSTONE NP E ENT (USC00489902). 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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent; 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 Yellowstone National Park E Ent 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.