Yoder, 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 Yoder's primary NOAA station, YODER 5 W.
The climate verdict for Yoder
Dryness leads the climate profile for Yoder, Wyoming, with 15.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.0"
- annual precipitation · 47" snow
- 135 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Yoder: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00489925 · Yoder, WY 50°F mean · 15.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashland
- PRCP-DRY 15.0"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,196 HDD
- STN-1 USC00489925
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ashland, OH ( -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.
- Yoder (this station) 50°F
- Cold Ashland, OH 50°F
- Hot Vale, OR 50°F
- Near Omak, WA 50°F
- Near Seibert, CO 50°F
Yoder 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 · Yoder
Yoder: 22/100 · grade F
Yoder publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Yoder, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.0 in · 20.0 from 35 in | 28/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 47.1 inches/year | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 135 days/year | 15/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 226 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
Yoder · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Yoder'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
- 74.0°F
- Coldest month
- 29.6°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 Yoder sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yoder's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Yoder's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 55th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Yoder compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Yoder's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 44°F (7°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | 4.8" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 0.5" | 8.2" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 7.2" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.8" | 5.5" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.2" | 0.1" | 4.5 | 0.9 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 7.6 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.1 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.3" | 0.8" | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 4.9" | 14.0 | 0.2 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 6.5" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.5" | 9.1" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Yoder works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 19 and hold at or above 90°F on 39 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 187 dates, bottoming at 15°F around December 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 2 through August 9, covering 39 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 12 to October 8.
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 21, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 187 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 25, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 1 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 55 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yoder.
Where Yoder Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 187 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Yoder 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: 4.8"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
3.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.5"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
8.4 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.5"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.1"
2.8 days with precipitation
Yoder spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 8%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Yoder has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.4°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.2" and January 0.3". 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.
How Yoder's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 55 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 15.0" between them, or roughly 0.27 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Yoder
Yoder averages 47.1 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 17 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: 47.1 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 17 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 31% 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 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
135 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,196
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
701
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside WY closest to Yoder 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 (50°F here).
- Allerton, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blowing Rock, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boswell, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ellicott, CO 15.0" · 0.0" off
- Polson, MT 15.0" · 0.0" off
- Santa Rosa, NM 15.0" · 0.0" off
- Bickleton, WA 15.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Yoder
heating led · dry · mid swing
Yoder's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,196 annual heating degree days against 701 for cooling. Its 44.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 135 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. Yoder coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Yoder typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Yoder snow peak
December
Yoder averages 47.1 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Yoder's primary station: YODER 5 W (USC00489925). 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 5686665). Match rule for Yoder: 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 Yoder 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.