Miles City, MT Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in Miles City actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Miles City, MT, the comfort score comes out to 45/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much Miles City's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in Miles City run from 20°F in Jan up to 74°F in Jul, a 54.7°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Miles City, month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 9°F | 0.28in |
| Feb | 35°F | 13°F | 0.26in |
| Mar | 47°F | 23°F | 0.55in |
| Apr | 58°F | 33°F | 1.54in |
| May | 68°F | 43°F | 2.73in |
| Jun | 79°F | 53°F | 2.51in |
| Jul | 89°F | 60°F | 1.51in |
| Aug | 87°F | 58°F | 0.91in |
| Sep | 76°F | 47°F | 1.07in |
| Oct | 59°F | 34°F | 0.97in |
| Nov | 44°F | 21°F | 0.33in |
| Dec | 33°F | 12°F | 0.22in |
If you're timing a visit, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are Miles City's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jan's cold instead.
How wet Miles City actually gets
Miles City averages 12.88in of precipitation a year across roughly 87 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.
Miles City against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, Miles City comes in at 3526; within MT alone it ranks 5 of 19. Population is about 8,407.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from Miles City F Wiley Fld, MT US, the NOAA station 2.5 miles from Miles City, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station