Fords Creek Colony weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fords Creek Colony, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Grass Range, 15 km from Fords Creek Colony; records cover 1914–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.9 in454 mm
- Snow a year
- 50 in127 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 19
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,377
- Cooling degree days
- 313
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fords Creek Colony in January
Highs average 37°3° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1981)
- Record low
- −40° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fords Creek Colony in February
Highs average 39°4° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1992)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1057
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fords Creek Colony in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1978)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 912
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fords Creek Colony in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1987)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 633
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fords Creek Colony in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 40°4°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1980)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 384
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Fords Creek Colony in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 47°9°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 157
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Fords Creek Colony in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 53°12°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 39
- Cooling degree days
- 135
Fords Creek Colony in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 52°11°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1935)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Fords Creek Colony in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 44°6°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1950)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 232
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Fords Creek Colony in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 33°1°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1987)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 585
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fords Creek Colony in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1975)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 915
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fords Creek Colony in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1939)
- Record low
- −39° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1195
- Cooling degree days
- 0