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United States › Montana › Daniels County › Climate Station SCOBEY 4 NW, MT US Distance 4.2 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Daniels County home comfortable runs roughly $539 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Daniels County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

84.2°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -0.7°F.

Daniels County gets 13.53" of precipitation a year and 22.9" of snow, and 54% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

0° 20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 22.8° -0.7° 0.33" 5.8"
February 27.2° 3.4° 0.23" 3.4"
March 39.8° 15.4° 0.40" 2.8"
April 56.3° 27.0° 0.97" 0.8"
May 67.9° 37.5° 2.10" 0.9"
June 76.0° 47.1° 3.10" 0.0"
July 83.6° 51.3° 2.11" 0.0"
August 84.2° 49.0° 1.69" 0.0"
September 72.6° 39.0° 1.15" 0.0"
October 56.3° 27.5° 0.81" 1.2"
November 38.5° 14.4° 0.36" 3.5"
December 26.2° 3.5° 0.28" 4.5"

Rainfall by month

Daniels County has a distinct wet season. 54% of the year's precipitation arrives in May, Jun, Jul.

January 0.33"
February 0.23"
March 0.40"
April 0.97"
May 2.10"
June 3.10"
July 2.11"
August 1.69"
September 1.15"
October 0.81"
November 0.36"
December 0.28"
Annual total 13.53"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 305
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 9,292
Approximate annual cooling cost At 15.14¢/kWh, Montana average $46
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $492

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Daniels County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Daniels County?

Daniels County averages a high of 84.2°F in August and a low of -0.7°F in January. Annual precipitation is 13.53 inches, including 22.9 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Daniels County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 54% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Daniels County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 84.2°F. That drives 305 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Daniels County?

Yes. Daniels County averages 22.9 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SCOBEY 4 NW, MT US (USC00247425), 4.2 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Montana residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.