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This weather has a price Keeping the median Sheridan County home comfortable runs roughly $445 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Sheridan County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

87.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 11.7°F.

Sheridan County gets 14.93" of precipitation a year, and 44% 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 Precip
January 36.3° 11.7° 0.61"
February 38.4° 13.7° 0.65"
March 49.0° 22.4° 1.02"
April 56.7° 29.7° 1.87"
May 66.1° 38.7° 2.68"
June 76.9° 46.8° 1.98"
July 87.8° 53.5° 1.07"
August 86.6° 51.5° 0.71"
September 75.6° 42.5° 1.47"
October 59.9° 31.0° 1.57"
November 46.7° 19.9° 0.76"
December 36.7° 12.2° 0.54"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 44% falling in the wettest three months (Apr, May, Jun).

January 0.61"
February 0.65"
March 1.02"
April 1.87"
May 2.68"
June 1.98"
July 1.07"
August 0.71"
September 1.47"
October 1.57"
November 0.76"
December 0.54"
Annual total 14.93"

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 441
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,542
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.43¢/kWh, Wyoming average $64
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $381

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 Sheridan County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Sheridan County?

Sheridan County averages a high of 87.8°F in July and a low of 11.7°F in January. Annual precipitation is 14.93 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Sheridan County?

The wettest stretch is Apr, May, Jun, which accounts for 44% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Sheridan County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 87.8°F. That drives 441 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Sheridan County?

The weather station used for Sheridan County, SHERIDAN CO AP, WY US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 14.93 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station SHERIDAN CO AP, WY US (USW00024029), 4.4 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.