Ekalaka weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ekalaka, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ekalaka, 0 km from Ekalaka; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.1 in460 mm
- Snow a year
- 48 in123 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 17
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 7,678
- Cooling degree days
- 537
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ekalaka in January
Highs average 33°0° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1958)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 1344
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ekalaka in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1982)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1146
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ekalaka in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 958
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ekalaka in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1926)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 638
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ekalaka in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°5°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1900)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 362
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Ekalaka in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 50°10°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1919)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Ekalaka in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 57°14°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1910)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 215
Ekalaka in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 55°13°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1949)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 193
Ekalaka in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1908)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Ekalaka in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 33°1°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1922)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 598
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Ekalaka in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1909)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 968
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ekalaka in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2021)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1283
- Cooling degree days
- 0