Wise River weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wise River, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wise River 3 Wnw, 4 km from Wise River; records cover 1943–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.9 in328 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 24
- First fall freeze
- Jul 8
- Heating degree days
- 9,918
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −19°−28° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wise River in January
Highs average 31°0° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2005)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1407
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in February
Highs average 33°1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2012)
- Record low
- −41° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1219
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2004)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 1118
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1946)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 849
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in May
Highs average 61°16° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2003)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 628
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in June
Highs average 69°20° and lows 35°2°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2015)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 389
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Wise River in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 38°3°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1943)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 208
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Wise River in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 36°2°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2018)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 236
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Wise River in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2019)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 459
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2010)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 800
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1996)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 1156
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wise River in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2021)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 1449
- Cooling degree days
- 0