Prairie Elk Colony weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Prairie Elk Colony, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wolf Point, 15 km from Prairie Elk Colony; records cover 1974–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.3 in364 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 7,808
- Cooling degree days
- 668
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Prairie Elk Colony in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2021)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 1527
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Prairie Elk Colony in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.27 in6.9 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1992)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1240
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Prairie Elk Colony in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 978
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Prairie Elk Colony in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 33°1°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 559
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Prairie Elk Colony in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 44°7°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1980)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 274
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Prairie Elk Colony in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 53°12°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Prairie Elk Colony in July
Highs average 87°31° and lows 59°15°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2026)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Prairie Elk Colony in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 58°14°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1995)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 21
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Prairie Elk Colony in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 47°8°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1983)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 173
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Prairie Elk Colony in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°15° and lows 35°1°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1997)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 560
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Prairie Elk Colony in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 986
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Prairie Elk Colony in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.35 in8.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1407
- Cooling degree days
- 0