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Has the climate in Great Falls changed?

How Great Falls's climate has changed

About 0.0°F per decade, measured from Great Falls's official daily weather records, 2006–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Great Falls's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
10 fewer nights
1970s
148 / yr
Recent
138 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
about the same
1970s
47.2°F
Recent
47.4°F
Year-round temperature has barely moved
Hot days above 90°F
2 more days
1970s
25 / yr
Recent
27 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
18 more days
1970s
77 / yr
Recent
95 / yr
Wetter on average

Great Falls's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2006 to 2025.

44°46°48°50°2006: 48.8°F2007: 48.4°F2008: 46.0°F2009: 45.6°F2010: 45.7°F2011: 46.2°F2012: 48.7°F2013: 47.6°F2014: 46.4°F2015: 49.3°F2016: 49.4°F2017: 47.7°F2018: 45.8°F2025: 46.8°Flong-term trend200620102025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Great Falls 16st (NOAA GHCN station USC00243749), about 2 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →