Emigrant weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Emigrant, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Livingston 12 S, 20 km from Emigrant; records cover 1981–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.3 in414 mm
- Snow a year
- 63 in159 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 21
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 7,277
- Cooling degree days
- 239
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −9°−23° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Emigrant in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1992)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 1159
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Emigrant in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 20°−6°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1995)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1006
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Emigrant in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Emigrant in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 32°0°, with 1.6 in42 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1987)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 633
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Emigrant in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 40°4°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2003)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 409
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Emigrant in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 46°8°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1990)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 192
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Emigrant in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 52°11°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2026)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 44
- Cooling degree days
- 112
Emigrant in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 50°10°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2003)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Emigrant in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 44°7°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1998)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 242
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Emigrant in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°2°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2011)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 590
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Emigrant in November
Highs average 44°7° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 898
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Emigrant in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1990)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1179
- Cooling degree days
- 0