Montana

Harlem, Montana Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Harlem, 0.9 km from Harlem

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 85°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 5°F. A normal year brings 12.5 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Malta (M75), since 1996. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Harlem through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
71°F
Normal low
39°F
Record high
90°Fin 2011
Record low
27°Fin 2000
Chance of a wet day
18%
Daylight
12 h 03 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January28°F5°F62°F (2002)-41°F (2024)0.51 in4.830.61,5000
February33°F9°F64°F (2017)-38°F (2011)0.36 in3.627.31,2380
March45°F20°F76°F (2026)-25°F (2019)0.52 in4.727.91,0090
April59°F30°F87°F (2001)-2°F (2018)1.00 in6.218.56200
May69°F40°F95°F (2026)19°F (2013)1.89 in9.56.23398
June77°F49°F106°F (2021)35°F (2000)2.90 in12.10.211746
July85°F54°F107°F (2026)43°F (1999)1.44 in6.70.029161
August85°F52°F106°F (2018)35°F (2015)0.99 in5.20.145142
September74°F42°F100°F (2022)27°F (2000)1.09 in5.34.223522
October60°F30°F90°F (2011)1°F (2020)0.73 in5.018.76190
November43°F19°F78°F (1999)-23°F (2006)0.57 in5.327.81,0170
December31°F9°F66°F (2021)-36°F (2013)0.50 in4.030.61,4010
Year57°F30°F12.50 in721928,168380

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

12.5 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Harlem, in percent.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Harlem. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 16 and the first fall freeze around September 21, a growing season of about 125 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 29, first September 9
Median at 32°F
last May 16, first September 21
Median at 28°F
last May 6, first September 29

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Harlem.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January15°F82%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February16°F75%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March22°F65%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April28°F58%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May37°F55%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June45°F56%96%4%0%0%0%0%
July48°F49%91%8%1%0%0%0%
August46°F48%95%5%0%0%0%0%
September39°F54%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October31°F63%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November23°F73%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December17°F79%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 47 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 72 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is January, averaging 12.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 19, with 16 h 08 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 8 h 17 min.

Hours of daylight at Harlem through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Blaine County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Blaine County: 67.1°F (+0.3 °F against 1991-2020), the 44th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Blaine County: 0.97 in (-0.21 in against 1991-2020), the 65th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Blaine County: 48.3°F (+3.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 4th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Blaine County: 9.78 in (-1.28 in against 1991-2020), the 54th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
73.0°F in 1971
Coolest August
60.4°F in 1977
Wettest August
4.73 in in 1933
Driest August
0.05 in in 1969

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Blaine County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-10-50+5+101900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Montana climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Harlem in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1996. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00243929 (Harlem), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00245334, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.