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United States › Wyoming › Hot Springs County › Climate Station THERMOPOLIS, WY US Distance 12.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Hot Springs County home comfortable runs roughly $444 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Hot Springs County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

91.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 11.5°F.

Hot Springs County gets 11.95" of precipitation a year and 27.4" of snow, and 46% of it falls in Apr, May, Jun.

Temperature through the year

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

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 37.3° 11.5° 0.39" 5.4"
February 41.6° 15.6° 0.44" 4.9"
March 54.0° 25.6° 0.85" 2.3"
April 61.9° 33.4° 1.63" 2.2"
May 71.4° 42.5° 2.53" 0.2"
June 82.9° 50.6° 1.31" 0.0"
July 91.8° 57.1° 0.76" 0.0"
August 89.8° 55.0° 0.50" 0.0"
September 79.7° 45.7° 1.21" 0.3"
October 64.5° 33.8° 1.27" 2.1"
November 48.6° 21.7° 0.60" 5.5"
December 37.5° 12.3° 0.46" 4.5"

Rainfall by month

Hot Springs County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in Apr, May, Jun.

January 0.39"
February 0.44"
March 0.85"
April 1.63"
May 2.53"
June 1.31"
July 0.76"
August 0.50"
September 1.21"
October 1.27"
November 0.60"
December 0.46"
Annual total 11.95"

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 737
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 6,690
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.43¢/kWh, Wyoming average $106
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $338

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 Hot Springs County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Hot Springs County?

Hot Springs County averages a high of 91.8°F in July and a low of 11.5°F in January. Annual precipitation is 11.95 inches, including 27.4 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Hot Springs County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 46% 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 Hot Springs County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 91.8°F. That drives 737 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Hot Springs County?

Yes. Hot Springs County averages 27.4 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station THERMOPOLIS, WY US (USC00488875), 12.6 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, Wyoming residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.