Great Falls, MT

Montana · Records since 1891–2026

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Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

74°F

November 12, 1999

+29° from 45° normal

❄ Record Low

-20°F

November 12, 1959

-44° from 24° normal
🌞 Normal high: 45°F 🌑 Normal low: 24°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Great Falls

🔥
107°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 25, 1933
❄
-49°F
Coldest Day Ever
Feb 15, 1936
🌧
3.36"
Wettest Day Ever
Jun 23, 1907
☃
16.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Apr 20, 1973

First & Last Dates — Great Falls

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
184 days
Longest growing season
1940
91 days
Shortest growing season
1992
123 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 74°F November 12, 1999
2 72°F November 12, 1990
3 70°F November 12, 1934
4 68°F November 12, 2016
5 65°F November 12, 2013
6 65°F November 12, 1981
7 65°F November 12, 1904
8 65°F November 12, 1900
9 64°F November 12, 1971
10 64°F November 12, 1953

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 -20°F November 12, 1959
2 -16°F November 12, 1916
3 -14°F November 12, 1986
4 -14°F November 12, 1955
5 -14°F November 12, 1911
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1891–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Great Falls

threshold: 93°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.3
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1892–2026
23
2026 so far
20
Avg/year 1970–2025
27
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
50
Most in a year (1919)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Great Falls

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 13, 2007 – Jul 23, 2007 11 104°F (Jul 15) 98°F 64°F
2 Jun 30, 1985 – Jul 10, 1985 11 101°F (Jul 5) 98°F 60°F
3 Jul 14, 1960 – Jul 23, 1960 10 102°F (Jul 22) 96°F 64°F
4 Aug 1, 1971 – Aug 9, 1971 9 101°F (Aug 5) 98°F 64°F
5 Jul 16, 1917 – Jul 24, 1917 9 100°F (Jul 22) 96°F 57°F
6 Jul 20, 1931 – Jul 27, 1931 8 103°F (Jul 21) 100°F 59°F
7 Jul 17, 1936 – Jul 24, 1936 8 102°F (Jul 17) 98°F 65°F
8 Jul 28, 2022 – Aug 4, 2022 8 101°F (Aug 1) 96°F 58°F
9 Jul 9, 1939 – Jul 16, 1939 8 100°F (Jul 10) 96°F 60°F
10 Jul 22, 2006 – Jul 29, 2006 8 100°F (Jul 28) 97°F 59°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

54
2026 total
above-normal nights
50.7
Avg / summer
1970–2020
82
Most in a summer
1961

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1891–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1891, annual totals have trended +0.03" per decade, about +0.4" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Great Falls is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

194 of 314 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

18.28"
2026 YTD
Normal: 13.80"
+4.48"
0.31"
November so far
November normal: 0.68"
-0.37"
5
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Great Falls is 4.48" ahead of the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 3 – Nov 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
47.0°F
Average temperature
12th-warmest of 134
+10.6°
vs. average
Normal: 36.4°F (1991–2020)
0.00"
Precipitation
1st-driest of 134
-0.26"
vs. average
Normal: 0.26" · 0% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 3 – Nov 10

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.20° per decade (cooling since 1893)

Precipitation by Year — Nov 3 – Nov 10

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Nov 3 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1949 50.9°F
2 1980 50.6°F
3 2016 50.6°F
4 1954 49.9°F
5 1999 49.5°F
6 1917 48.8°F
7 1962 48.1°F
8 1953 47.9°F
9 1934 47.8°F
10 1914 47.2°F

Coolest Nov 3 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1973 12.0°F
2 2022 14.9°F
3 2017 16.2°F
4 1940 18.3°F
5 2003 19.5°F
6 2000 21.9°F
7 1919 22.0°F
8 1966 22.2°F
9 1902 24.8°F
10 1945 25.3°F

Wettest Nov 3 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2012 1.22"
2 1906 1.18"
3 1927 1.12"
4 1966 1.02"
5 1918 1.00"
6 2020 0.87"
7 2022 0.80"
8 2015 0.73"
9 1968 0.67"
10 1973 0.66"

Driest Nov 3 – Nov 10 on Record

# Year Total
1 2026 0.00"
2 2023 0.00"
3 2016 0.00"
4 2009 0.00"
5 2006 0.00"
6 2002 0.00"
7 2001 0.00"
8 1999 0.00"
9 1996 0.00"
10 1988 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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