Zurich weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Zurich, Montana: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chinook, 14 km from Zurich; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.4 in341 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 8,572
- Cooling degree days
- 351
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −25°−32° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Zurich in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1984)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 1530
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in February
Highs average 31°0° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1995)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1284
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2004)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1074
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 29°−1°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1910)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 656
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 40°4°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1901)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 364
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Zurich in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 49°10°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1900)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 123
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Zurich in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 54°12°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1917)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 151
Zurich in August
Highs average 83°29° and lows 52°11°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1908)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Zurich in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 41°5°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1998)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 265
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Zurich in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1992)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 692
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1921)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1076
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Zurich in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 8°−14°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1905)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1426
- Cooling degree days
- 0