Great Falls Weather in 1961

Historical record of Great Falls, Montana weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Great Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	106 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	-20 °F	December 10
Highest daily low	68 °F	August 24
Lowest daily high	-3 °F	December 18
Most daily precipitation	0.6 inches	November 25
Most daily snow	6.4 inches	November 25
Total annual precipitation	10.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Great Falls in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1961 was 106 °F which happened on August 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	106 °F	Aug 5
2	102 °F	Aug 4
3	100 °F	Aug 3
4	98 °F	Aug 2
5	97 °F	Jun 26
5	97 °F	Jun 17
7	96 °F	Aug 15
7	96 °F	Jun 20
9	95 °F	Jun 25
10	94 °F	Aug 1
10	94 °F	Jul 16

What was the coldest temperature in Great Falls in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1961 was -20 °F which happened on Dec 10.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-20 °F	December 10
2	-12 °F	December 9
3	-11 °F	December 18
4	-10 °F	December 19
5	-9 °F	December 17
6	-6 °F	December 12
6	-6 °F	December 11
8	-3 °F	December 20
9	-2 °F	December 8
9	-2 °F	February 17

January 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	15	0.00	0.0
January 3	44	28	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 5	49	42	0.00	0.0
January 6	51	28	0.00	0.0
January 7	50	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	51	39	0.00	0.0
January 9	49	37	0.00	0.0
January 10	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 11	51	40	0.00	0.0
January 12	50	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	38	0.00	0.0
January 15	54	45	0.00	0.0
January 16	55	34	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	23	0.01	0.2
January 19	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	46	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	51	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	52	17	0.00	0.0
January 24	25	3	0.00	0.0
January 25	17	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	19	2	0.01	0.1
January 27	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 28	18	6	0.02	0.2
January 29	8	3	0.18	2.4
January 30	46	2	0.00	0.0
January 31	51	31	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	31	0.00	0.0
February 2	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 3	45	25	0.00	0.0
February 4	45	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	57	32	0.00	0.0
February 6	59	39	0.00	0.0
February 7	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 8	50	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	52	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	59	41	0.06	0.0
February 11	42	34	0.06	0.0
February 12	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 14	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	57	10	0.00	0.0
February 16	13	4	0.00	0.0
February 17	19	-2	0.00	0.0
February 18	40	6	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	51	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	63	46	0.00	0.0
February 22	47	22	0.03	0.3
February 23	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	57	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	47	25	0.04	0.3
February 26	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	24	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	23	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	16	0.00	0.0
March 3	28	17	0.06	0.6
March 4	29	7	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	6	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	46	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	56	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	61	40	0.00	0.0
March 14	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 15	66	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	58	33	0.01	0.0
March 17	53	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	55	21	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	60	21	0.00	0.0
March 23	59	40	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	32	0.07	0.0
March 25	37	31	0.04	0.5
March 26	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	35	26	0.59	6.4
March 28	41	16	0.00	0.0
March 29	54	31	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	31	0.04	0.4
March 31	54	28	0.07	0.0

April 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 2	64	43	0.00	0.0
April 3	65	33	0.04	0.4
April 4	42	25	0.01	0.1
April 5	44	22	0.00	0.0
April 6	48	17	0.00	0.0
April 7	47	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	49	31	0.00	0.0
April 9	51	20	0.10	0.9
April 10	42	14	0.03	0.3
April 11	58	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	62	40	0.16	0.0
April 13	49	23	0.19	1.9
April 14	35	16	0.02	0.2
April 15	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 17	64	43	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	39	0.05	0.0
April 19	50	33	0.00	0.0
April 20	50	28	0.00	0.0
April 21	59	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	49	37	0.00	0.0
April 23	40	31	0.15	1.5
April 24	47	24	0.00	0.0
April 25	53	28	0.02	0.2
April 26	45	24	0.00	0.0
April 27	38	23	0.05	0.5
April 28	46	30	0.01	0.1
April 29	60	32	0.00	0.0
April 30	59	40	0.13	0.0

May 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	38	0.00
May 2	56	36	0.17
May 3	61	35	0.00
May 4	61	39	0.00
May 5	53	37	0.00
May 6	48	36	0.01
May 7	52	34	0.00
May 8	64	30	0.00
May 9	72	45	0.02
May 10	60	41	0.00
May 11	63	37	0.00
May 12	63	31	0.00
May 13	67	37	0.00
May 14	61	46	0.13
May 15	61	45	0.04
May 16	55	37	0.00
May 17	48	36	0.40
May 18	60	43	0.00
May 19	71	41	0.00
May 20	77	46	0.00
May 21	79	43	0.01
May 22	72	50	0.00
May 23	81	45	0.00
May 24	81	54	0.00
May 25	80	54	0.00
May 26	86	55	0.01
May 27	74	56	0.00
May 28	81	45	0.00
May 29	85	52	0.18
May 30	69	53	0.23
May 31	61	51	0.60

June 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	47	0.00
June 2	79	52	0.00
June 3	83	53	0.00
June 4	84	51	0.02
June 5	89	58	0.00
June 6	88	56	0.00
June 7	78	52	0.00
June 8	82	46	0.00
June 9	80	50	0.00
June 10	80	46	0.00
June 11	86	50	0.02
June 12	73	53	0.00
June 13	74	50	0.09
June 14	83	50	0.00
June 15	88	58	0.00
June 16	93	60	0.00
June 17	97	59	0.00
June 18	87	58	0.00
June 19	87	54	0.00
June 20	96	58	0.00
June 21	81	58	0.00
June 22	82	51	0.00
June 23	92	52	0.00
June 24	89	59	0.00
June 25	95	55	0.00
June 26	97	59	0.00
June 27	93	52	0.00
June 28	86	54	0.00
June 29	87	53	0.60
June 30	76	49	0.00

July 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	77	48	0.00
July 2	93	50	0.00
July 3	91	54	0.00
July 4	84	63	0.04
July 5	83	58	0.26
July 6	87	55	0.05
July 7	89	59	0.10
July 8	86	59	0.00
July 9	89	56	0.00
July 10	81	56	0.03
July 11	76	53	0.00
July 12	73	55	0.04
July 13	84	47	0.00
July 14	93	60	0.15
July 15	92	60	0.00
July 16	94	58	0.00
July 17	85	56	0.00
July 18	83	53	0.00
July 19	83	57	0.00
July 20	80	58	0.10
July 21	86	53	0.00
July 22	90	59	0.00
July 23	88	57	0.03
July 24	84	58	0.00
July 25	76	51	0.00
July 26	85	55	0.03
July 27	87	60	0.18
July 28	82	51	0.00
July 29	77	54	0.00
July 30	85	52	0.00
July 31	87	54	0.00

August 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	94	60	0.00
August 2	98	60	0.00
August 3	100	61	0.00
August 4	102	62	0.00
August 5	106	63	0.00
August 6	88	62	0.00
August 7	85	56	0.00
August 8	87	52	0.00
August 9	70	53	0.00
August 10	69	50	0.38
August 11	81	46	0.00
August 12	89	51	0.00
August 13	91	54	0.00
August 14	90	58	0.00
August 15	96	65	0.00
August 16	82	59	0.12
August 17	87	55	0.00
August 18	81	50	0.00
August 19	91	54	0.00
August 20	79	61	0.00
August 21	87	58	0.00
August 22	92	55	0.00
August 23	91	66	0.00
August 24	93	68	0.00
August 25	89	61	0.07
August 26	79	58	0.05
August 27	82	54	0.00
August 28	86	49	0.00
August 29	90	61	0.01
August 30	84	53	0.00
August 31	79	56	0.00

September 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	62	48	0.00	0.0
September 2	49	33	0.14	0.0
September 3	70	42	0.00	0.0
September 4	75	52	0.00	0.0
September 5	85	59	0.00	0.0
September 6	70	46	0.00	0.0
September 7	72	41	0.00	0.0
September 8	75	37	0.00	0.0
September 9	71	43	0.08	0.0
September 10	54	41	0.37	0.0
September 11	41	33	0.47	0.0
September 12	52	39	0.00	0.0
September 13	56	31	0.00	0.0
September 14	66	38	0.00	0.0
September 15	79	44	0.00	0.0
September 16	82	47	0.00	0.0
September 17	81	58	0.00	0.0
September 18	65	39	0.23	0.0
September 19	61	31	0.00	0.0
September 20	55	38	0.00	0.0
September 21	45	34	0.05	0.0
September 22	54	32	0.05	0.0
September 23	44	32	0.00	0.0
September 24	57	31	0.00	0.0
September 25	64	41	0.00	0.0
September 26	41	30	0.55	0.3
September 27	57	29	0.00	0.0
September 28	67	36	0.00	0.0
September 29	38	29	0.01	0.1
September 30	54	36	0.00	0.0

October 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	34	0.00	0.0
October 2	66	40	0.00	0.0
October 3	76	41	0.00	0.0
October 4	77	50	0.00	0.0
October 5	77	50	0.00	0.0
October 6	66	38	0.05	0.0
October 7	43	32	0.00	0.0
October 8	50	31	0.00	0.0
October 9	63	37	0.00	0.0
October 10	63	46	0.00	0.0
October 11	56	35	0.00	0.0
October 12	56	38	0.00	0.0
October 13	72	50	0.00	0.0
October 14	78	47	0.00	0.0
October 15	79	56	0.00	0.0
October 16	78	37	0.00	0.0
October 17	44	33	0.17	1.7
October 18	57	31	0.00	0.0
October 19	73	41	0.00	0.0
October 20	41	19	0.00	0.0
October 21	23	16	0.09	0.9
October 22	43	23	0.00	0.0
October 23	48	32	0.00	0.0
October 24	47	28	0.00	0.0
October 25	54	25	0.00	0.0
October 26	59	39	0.00	0.0
October 27	51	33	0.01	0.0
October 28	37	19	0.00	0.0
October 29	46	14	0.00	0.0
October 30	57	36	0.00	0.0
October 31	61	37	0.00	0.0

November 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	55	10	0.14	1.4
November 2	21	5	0.00	0.0
November 3	42	15	0.12	1.2
November 4	23	7	0.01	0.2
November 5	40	8	0.00	0.0
November 6	55	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 8	62	39	0.00	0.0
November 9	68	45	0.00	0.0
November 10	65	42	0.00	0.0
November 11	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	26	0.13	1.3
November 13	48	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	50	24	0.25	2.5
November 15	27	10	0.00	0.0
November 16	29	6	0.00	0.0
November 17	35	21	0.00	0.0
November 18	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 19	35	18	0.00	0.0
November 20	34	14	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	12	0.00	0.0
November 22	48	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	20	0.10	1.0
November 24	31	27	0.07	0.7
November 25	28	20	0.64	6.4
November 26	35	17	0.01	0.1
November 27	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	4	0.00	0.0
November 29	7	0	0.02	0.2
November 30	43	7	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	4	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	5	0.00	0.0
December 3	38	15	0.00	0.0
December 4	40	14	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	24	0.01	0.0
December 6	30	13	0.00	0.0
December 7	27	16	0.04	0.4
December 8	19	-2	0.13	1.4
December 9	1	-12	0.04	0.4
December 10	-3	-20	0.00	0.0
December 11	7	-6	0.00	0.0
December 12	20	-6	0.00	0.0
December 13	28	17	0.00	0.0
December 14	30	6	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	-9	0.04	0.4
December 18	-3	-11	0.01	0.0
December 19	-2	-10	0.03	0.4
December 20	44	-3	0.00	0.0
December 21	44	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	12	0.00	0.0
December 23	43	33	0.00	0.0
December 24	48	35	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 26	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 29	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	45	28	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Great Falls International Airport	location
1892–1937	Great Falls 16th Street	location