Silver Gate weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Silver Gate, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lamar Ranger Station, 24 km from Silver Gate; records cover 1881–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18 in456 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Sep 10
- Heating degree days
- 10,082
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −32°−35° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Silver Gate in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 1°−17°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1974)
- Record low
- −55°−48° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1586
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 5°−15°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1958)
- Record low
- −49°−45° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1317
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2026)
- Record low
- −41° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1187
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1939)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 842
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in May
Highs average 60°16° and lows 32°0°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1936)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 584
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in June
Highs average 69°21° and lows 37°3°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1936)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 355
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Silver Gate in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 42°5°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Silver Gate in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 39°4°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Silver Gate in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 33°1°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2022)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 388
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1934)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2014)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 1192
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Silver Gate in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 3°−16°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1939)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1551
- Cooling degree days
- 0