Story weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Story, Wyoming: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sheridan Airport, 21 km from Story; records cover 1907–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.9 in379 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 19
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 7,542
- Cooling degree days
- 442
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 99°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Story in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1931)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1271
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Story in February
Highs average 38°4° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1982)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1090
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Story in March
Highs average 49°9° and lows 22°−5°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 908
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Story in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1946)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 654
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Story in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 39°4°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1948)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 394
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Story in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 47°8°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2021)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 138
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Story in July
Highs average 88°31° and lows 54°12°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2026)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 197
Story in August
Highs average 87°30° and lows 52°11°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1983)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 162
Story in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 43°6°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2022)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Story in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2011)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 608
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Story in November
Highs average 47°8° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 951
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Story in December
Highs average 37°3° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1939)
- Record low
- −41° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 1257
- Cooling degree days
- 0