Pine Bluffs, WY climate
Pine Bluffs has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 41 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Pine Bluffs feels like
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Pine Bluffs weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 14° | 0.3" | 4.6" | 3 | 9 | 21° – 35° |
| February | 43° | 15° | 0.4" | 5.4" | 4 | 8 | 20° – 37° |
| March | 53° | 23° | 0.8" | 8.5" | 5 | 6 | 30° – 46° |
| April | 59° | 29° | 1.6" | 5.7" | 7 | 3 | 38° – 51° |
| May | 68° | 39° | 2.6" | 0.5" | 9 | 0 | 47° – 58° |
| June | 80° | 48° | 2.4" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 59° – 71° |
| July | 87° | 55° | 2.3" | 0 | 9 | 0 | 66° – 75° |
| August | 86° | 52° | 1.7" | 0 | 8 | 0 | 64° – 73° |
| September | 77° | 43° | 1.4" | 0.5" | 7 | 0 | 54° – 65° |
| October | 63° | 31° | 1.0" | 4.5" | 5 | 2 | 39° – 53° |
| November | 50° | 21° | 0.4" | 5.6" | 4 | 6 | 25° – 43° |
| December | 41° | 14° | 0.4" | 6.1" | 3 | 9 | 19° – 32° |
| Year | 62° | 32° | 15.3" | 41.4" | 72 | 43 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Pine Bluffs
Pine Bluffs gets 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year. May is the wettest month and January the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 72 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 43 days of the year.
About 142 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 10 and the first one by October 1. That leaves about 142 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 88% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Pine Bluffs
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Pine Bluffs, 93% of that work is heating and 7% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
How Pine Bluffs compares
Compared with every U.S. town and city on TownTapestry, each counted once.
Warmer than it used to be
The last 30 years in Pine Bluffs averaged 1.6° warmer than the 1900s. The biggest change is in March (+3.8°). The shift is larger than in 77% of U.S. towns.
Change by month1991–2020 average minus 1901–2000 average, at Pine Bluffs’s spot on NOAA’s grid
How much a month can swing
A normal is an average, and real years wander around it. November swings the most: between 1991 and 2020 its average temperature ranged from 25° to 43°. August is the most reliable, staying within 8°.
Common questions about Pine Bluffs’s climate
What is the coldest month in Pine Bluffs?
December, with a typical high of 41° and a low of 14°.
What is the hottest month in Pine Bluffs?
July, with a typical high of 87° and a low of 55°. About 34 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Pine Bluffs get?
About 41 inches in a normal winter, most of it in March.
When is the first frost in Pine Bluffs?
In half of years the first 32° night comes by October 1, and the last spring frost by May 10.
What is the rainiest month in Pine Bluffs?
May, with 2.6 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 15 inches.
Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for Pine Bluffs itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at Pine Bluffs 5w, WY (4 mi, snow) and Pine Bluffs 1ese, WY (1 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000.