Fox weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fox, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Red Lodge, 13 km from Fox; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.7 in576 mm
- Snow a year
- 142 in360 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 8
- First fall freeze
- Sep 18
- Heating degree days
- 8,053
- Cooling degree days
- 197
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −13°−25° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fox in January
Highs average 38°3° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 14 in34 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1953)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fox in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 19 in49 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1935)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1106
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fox in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2026)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 970
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fox in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 26 in65 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1910)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 723
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fox in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 37°3°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1936)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 488
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Fox in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 44°7°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1900)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Fox in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 50°10°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1931)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 70
- Cooling degree days
- 87
Fox in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 49°9°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 73
Fox in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 42°5°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 276
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Fox in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°14° and lows 31°0°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1899)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 655
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Fox in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1899)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 986
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fox in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation and 19 in47 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1899)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1241
- Cooling degree days
- 0