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Deer Lodge County Courthouse July 2020Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, #1 on this list · Photo: Aualliso · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Towns with the coolest summers in Montana

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County has the coolest summers of Montana’s 43 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 67° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 84°; 4 of the 43 stay under 80°.

The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work

All 43 towns

July high, lowest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 12 towns here).

43 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownJuly highDays ≥90°January low
1Anaconda-Deer Lodge CountyDeer Lodge County · 9,709 people67°215°average low
2North Browningunincorporated, Glacier County · 3,144 people77°213°average low
3Butte-Silver Bow36,118 people79°814°average low
4Red LodgeCarbon County · 2,723 people79°617°average low
5Cut BankGlacier County · 2,976 people80°911°average low
6Bigforkunincorporated, Flathead County · 5,565 people82°719°average low
7Columbia FallsFlathead County · 5,753 people82°1418°average low
8WhitefishFlathead County · 9,358 people82°1317°average low
9LewistownFergus County · 6,179 people82°1312°average low
T10Evergreenunincorporated, Flathead County · 9,611 people82°1418°average low
T10ShelbyToole County · 3,313 people82°188°average low
12ConradPondera County · 2,393 people82°1210°average low
T13KalispellFlathead County · 31,851 people83°1418°average low
T13PolsonLake County · 5,653 people83°1820°average low
15Deer LodgePowell County · 3,025 people83°911°average low
16DillonBeaverhead County · 4,271 people83°1413°average low
17BozemanGallatin County · 58,814 people83°1213°average low
18Montana Cityunincorporated, Jefferson County · 3,092 people83°1115°average low
19Four Cornersunincorporated, Gallatin County · 5,791 people84°1314°average low
T20Great FallsCascade County · 60,208 people84°2213°average low
T20Malmstrom AFBunincorporated, Cascade County · 4,302 people84°2513°average low
T22BelgradeGallatin County · 13,107 people84°2313°average low
T22Helena Valley Northwestunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 5,183 people84°2715°average low
T24HelenaLewis and Clark County · 35,138 people85°2715°average low
T24Helena Valley Southeastunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 9,108 people85°2715°average low
26Helena Valley West Centralunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 8,056 people85°2715°average low
T27HavreHill County · 9,264 people85°276°average low
T27LivingstonPark County · 9,290 people85°2817°average low
29SidneyRichland County · 6,217 people85°304°average low
30Helena Valley Northeastunincorporated, Lewis and Clark County · 4,659 people86°2715°average low
31HamiltonRavalli County · 5,451 people86°2220°average low
32Lolounincorporated, Missoula County · 4,314 people86°2719°average low
33Wolf PointRoosevelt County · 2,531 people86°362°average low
34LibbyLincoln County · 3,274 people86°2321°average low
35MissoulaMissoula County · 78,903 people86°2718°average low
36Orchard Homesunincorporated, Missoula County · 5,588 people86°2718°average low
37GlasgowValley County · 3,145 people86°333°average low
38GlendiveDawson County · 4,736 people88°386°average low
39Lockwoodunincorporated, Yellowstone County · 7,181 people88°4115°average low
40LaurelYellowstone County · 7,205 people88°4114°average low
41BillingsYellowstone County · 121,239 people88°3215°average low
42HardinBig Horn County · 3,696 people90°5211°average low
43Miles CityCuster County · 8,450 people90°418°average low
Quick answers

Questions people ask

Which Montana town has the coolest summers?

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County (Deer Lodge County): July afternoons average a high of 67°. North Browning (77°) and Butte-Silver Bow (79°) follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), lowest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (43 in Montana): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Montana page.

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