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Great Falls, MT 47.473°N, 111.383°W · station GTFthr · 136 years of record
59°F
COLDEST JUL 16 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Great Falls.
62° TUE 7/14 60° WED 7/15 59° THU 7/16 59° FRI 7/17 59° SAT 7/18 59° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #109 / 134
coldest Jul 16 in 134 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 16 ever 36°F
set in 1999
Mildest Jul 16 ever 71°F
set in 1935
Coldest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 16 at Great Falls. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
36 54 71 1892: 46°F 1893: 51°F 1894: 58°F 1895: 43°F 1896: 63°F 1897: 59°F 1898: 62°F 1899: 55°F 1900: 53°F 1901: 56°F 1902: 54°F 1903: 52°F 1904: 55°F 1905: 51°F 1906: 52°F 1907: 47°F 1908: 62°F 1909: 55°F 1910: 56°F 1911: 50°F 1912: 52°F 1913: 41°F 1914: 43°F 1915: 46°F 1916: 58°F 1917: 54°F 1918: 59°F 1919: 59°F 1920: 55°F 1921: 51°F 1922: 50°F 1923: 57°F 1924: 52°F 1925: 55°F 1926: 49°F 1927: 48°F 1928: 55°F 1929: 59°F 1930: 62°F 1931: 52°F 1932: 51°F 1933: 57°F 1934: 60°F 1935: 71°F 1936: 56°F 1937: 52°F 1938: 59°F 1939: 55°F 1940: 55°F 1941: 62°F 1942: 55°F 1943: 48°F 1944: 52°F 1945: 60°F 1946: 60°F 1947: 62°F 1948: 53°F 1949: 58°F 1950: 49°F 1951: 58°F 1952: 62°F 1953: 51°F 1954: 57°F 1955: 68°F 1956: 56°F 1957: 56°F 1958: 48°F 1959: 58°F 1960: 62°F 1961: 58°F 1962: 47°F 1963: 46°F 1964: 63°F 1965: 55°F 1966: 59°F 1967: 66°F 1968: 49°F 1969: 56°F 1970: 57°F 1971: 52°F 1972: 47°F 1973: 52°F 1974: 61°F 1975: 58°F 1976: 47°F 1977: 53°F 1978: 58°F 1979: 50°F 1980: 53°F 1981: 49°F 1982: 44°F 1983: 46°F 1984: 50°F 1985: 55°F 1986: 51°F 1987: 51°F 1988: 48°F 1989: 57°F 1990: 56°F 1991: 55°F 1992: 43°F 1993: 48°F 1994: 48°F 1995: 44°F 1996: 52°F 1997: 49°F 1998: 56°F 1999: 36°F 2000: 53°F 2001: 50°F 2002: 65°F 2003: 59°F 2004: 54°F 2005: 53°F 2006: 53°F 2007: 63°F 2008: 50°F 2009: 49°F 2010: 54°F 2011: 50°F 2012: 60°F 2013: 47°F 2014: 51°F 2015: 48°F 2016: 47°F 2017: 57°F 2018: 53°F 2019: 56°F 2020: 49°F 2021: 55°F 2022: 58°F 2023: 53°F 2024: 52°F 2025: 48°F 59° forecast 1892 1999 2025 Forecast low · Jul 16 59°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 36°F This-date rank #109 of 134
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -49°F (1936) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1891–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Great Falls in each calendar month, and for the whole 1891–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 67°F 1992 -44°F 1909 Feb 70°F 1932 -49°F 1936 Mar 78°F 1978 -32°F 1932 Apr 89°F 1980 -10°F 1936 May 100°F 1919 12°F 2009 Jun 102°F 1900 31°F 1950 Jul 107°F 1933 35°F 1894 Aug 106°F 1961 30°F 1992 Sep 102°F 2022 10°F 1926 Oct 91°F 1943 -11°F 1991 Nov 76°F 1975 -25°F 1903 Dec 69°F 1939 -43°F 1968 All-time 107°F 1933 -49°F 1936
Records set or tied at Great Falls so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 8 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Feb (70°F)
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 93 days
record run, ended Feb 8 1979
So far in 2026 92 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Great Falls's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 52°F · forecast is +7° vs normal .
Jan: 35°F Jan: 16°F Feb: 37°F Feb: 16°F Mar: 46°F Mar: 23°F Apr: 55°F Apr: 30°F May: 65°F May: 39°F Jun: 73°F Jun: 46°F Jul: 84°F Jul: 52°F Aug: 83°F Aug: 51°F Sep: 72°F Sep: 43°F Oct: 57°F Oct: 33°F Nov: 44°F Nov: 24°F Dec: 36°F Dec: 17°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:42 AM Sunset 8:20 PM Solar noon 12:31 PM Daylight 15h 39m · losing 10 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 47.47°N, 111.38°W Great Falls's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Great Falls's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Great Falls, coloured by temperature — 136 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Great Falls — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
92 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 82nd most in 136 years. Normal for this point: 95 . Record: 118 in 1975.
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