Great Falls Weather in 1971

Historical record of Great Falls, Montana weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Great Falls Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 14
Lowest temperature	-30 °F	January 14
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 3
Lowest daily high	-17 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	0.6 inches	August 30
Most daily snow	5.0 inches	December 6
Total annual precipitation	11.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	66.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Great Falls in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1971 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 14
1	101 °F	Aug 5
3	100 °F	Aug 6
3	100 °F	Jul 16
5	99 °F	Aug 8
6	98 °F	Aug 27
6	98 °F	Aug 20
6	98 °F	Aug 16
6	98 °F	Aug 12
6	98 °F	Aug 11
6	98 °F	Aug 4
6	98 °F	Aug 2

What was the coldest temperature in Great Falls in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Great Falls, Montana in 1971 was -30 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Great Falls in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-30 °F	January 14
1	-30 °F	January 13
3	-22 °F	January 11
3	-22 °F	January 10
5	-20 °F	January 12
6	-18 °F	January 15
7	-17 °F	December 16
8	-15 °F	December 24
9	-13 °F	December 23
9	-13 °F	November 6

January 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	17	0.01	0.1
January 2	21	6	0.00	0.0
January 3	13	-5	0.11	2.3
January 4	9	-12	0.00	0.0
January 5	14	-12	0.02	0.2
January 6	24	9	0.22	2.5
January 7	33	24	0.20	2.2
January 8	40	4	0.01	0.1
January 9	5	-6	0.20	3.7
January 10	-6	-22	0.10	1.6
January 11	-17	-22	0.05	0.5
January 12	-14	-20	0.07	0.7
January 13	-13	-30	0.02	0.2
January 14	-17	-30	0.00	0.0
January 15	43	-18	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	26	0.07	0.7
January 17	44	17	0.07	0.7
January 18	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	58	40	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	15	0.02	0.2
January 22	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	13	0.01	0.1
January 26	45	12	0.00	0.0
January 27	52	41	0.00	0.0
January 28	54	41	0.00	0.0
January 29	48	7	0.00	0.0
January 30	8	3	0.01	0.1
January 31	9	3	0.03	0.3

February 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	48	8	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	15	0.13	2.0
February 3	22	8	0.05	0.5
February 4	29	7	0.13	1.3
February 5	12	-5	0.05	1.0
February 6	11	-1	0.12	1.7
February 7	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	52	38	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	53	37	0.00	0.0
February 13	53	37	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	36	0.00	0.0
February 15	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	22	0.02	0.2
February 20	31	18	0.00	0.0
February 21	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	45	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	54	33	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	21	0.03	0.3
February 26	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	32	13	0.00	0.0
February 28	26	6	0.12	1.9

March 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	18	-4	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 4	36	20	0.00	0.0
March 5	34	10	0.00	0.0
March 6	37	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	34	0.01	0.0
March 12	51	35	0.01	0.0
March 13	37	27	0.37	2.7
March 14	41	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	24	0.00	0.0
March 17	32	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	53	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	17	0.14	1.7
March 21	18	4	0.07	0.7
March 22	17	3	0.16	1.6
March 23	25	7	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	17	0.00	0.0
March 25	30	24	0.03	0.3
March 26	58	23	0.01	0.1
March 27	46	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	39	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	32	0.01	0.1
March 31	32	22	0.31	2.5

April 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	48	19	0.00	0.0
April 2	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 3	48	30	0.00	0.0
April 4	53	24	0.00	0.0
April 5	66	36	0.00	0.0
April 6	74	47	0.00	0.0
April 7	62	34	0.00	0.0
April 8	59	25	0.00	0.0
April 9	69	43	0.00	0.0
April 10	58	29	0.00	0.0
April 11	51	29	0.00	0.0
April 12	52	31	0.00	0.0
April 13	70	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	76	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	60	37	0.00	0.0
April 16	52	28	0.00	0.0
April 17	40	31	0.56	4.1
April 18	41	32	0.03	0.1
April 19	58	28	0.00	0.0
April 20	47	34	0.01	0.0
April 21	57	37	0.00	0.0
April 22	57	38	0.00	0.0
April 23	64	35	0.00	0.0
April 24	65	44	0.01	0.0
April 25	46	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	44	28	0.05	0.5
April 27	53	23	0.00	0.0
April 28	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 29	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 30	67	35	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	35	0.00
May 2	75	39	0.00
May 3	77	47	0.00
May 4	76	47	0.13
May 5	63	46	0.57
May 6	49	43	0.34
May 7	66	39	0.00
May 8	73	51	0.00
May 9	61	46	0.00
May 10	70	44	0.00
May 11	73	46	0.00
May 12	82	42	0.00
May 13	70	44	0.00
May 14	61	41	0.00
May 15	73	39	0.00
May 16	59	38	0.07
May 17	45	35	0.50
May 18	51	37	0.13
May 19	62	39	0.38
May 20	53	38	0.16
May 21	53	37	0.10
May 22	57	42	0.01
May 23	71	37	0.00
May 24	75	44	0.00
May 25	79	46	0.00
May 26	82	54	0.05
May 27	86	49	0.00
May 28	67	48	0.00
May 29	71	50	0.04
May 30	55	40	0.49
May 31	53	40	0.06

June 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	61	45	0.00
June 2	71	42	0.00
June 3	73	45	0.02
June 4	70	47	0.00
June 5	66	48	0.00
June 6	55	50	0.44
June 7	69	49	0.00
June 8	75	50	0.00
June 9	70	52	0.00
June 10	74	47	0.00
June 11	74	50	0.00
June 12	80	46	0.00
June 13	80	58	0.01
June 14	69	48	0.00
June 15	72	47	0.00
June 16	75	41	0.00
June 17	77	46	0.00
June 18	76	54	0.07
June 19	79	52	0.00
June 20	86	55	0.00
June 21	89	57	0.00
June 22	93	60	0.00
June 23	94	56	0.00
June 24	86	50	0.00
June 25	86	56	0.00
June 26	68	56	0.00
June 27	66	47	0.00
June 28	56	41	0.08
June 29	67	42	0.00
June 30	79	44	0.00

July 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	48	0.00
July 2	74	52	0.00
July 3	77	41	0.00
July 4	79	42	0.00
July 5	83	50	0.00
July 6	75	45	0.00
July 7	72	45	0.00
July 8	84	51	0.00
July 9	87	51	0.01
July 10	84	51	0.06
July 11	76	50	0.00
July 12	80	46	0.00
July 13	85	45	0.00
July 14	87	45	0.00
July 15	95	52	0.00
July 16	100	52	0.03
July 17	86	58	0.00
July 18	85	51	0.00
July 19	90	52	0.00
July 20	94	56	0.00
July 21	92	61	0.02
July 22	91	60	0.00
July 23	95	60	0.00
July 24	74	56	0.00
July 25	74	53	0.00
July 26	87	45	0.00
July 27	77	58	0.03
July 28	68	51	0.12
July 29	82	45	0.00
July 30	91	52	0.00
July 31	92	58	0.00

August 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	58	0.00
August 2	98	64	0.00
August 3	96	70	0.04
August 4	98	65	0.00
August 5	101	66	0.00
August 6	100	68	0.04
August 7	93	63	0.00
August 8	99	62	0.00
August 9	97	61	0.00
August 10	92	54	0.00
August 11	98	61	0.00
August 12	98	60	0.00
August 13	91	59	0.00
August 14	101	65	0.00
August 15	97	61	0.00
August 16	98	60	0.00
August 17	89	59	0.00
August 18	89	57	0.00
August 19	94	52	0.00
August 20	98	55	0.00
August 21	94	60	0.00
August 22	97	56	0.06
August 23	74	51	0.00
August 24	85	45	0.00
August 25	94	52	0.00
August 26	95	58	0.00
August 27	98	55	0.00
August 28	92	63	0.00
August 29	78	60	0.10
August 30	68	55	0.60
August 31	82	55	0.32

September 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	49	0.00
September 2	69	52	0.01
September 3	68	50	0.00
September 4	71	46	0.00
September 5	85	50	0.00
September 6	88	58	0.02
September 7	71	47	0.00
September 8	84	51	0.00
September 9	81	56	0.00
September 10	87	47	0.00
September 11	81	49	0.00
September 12	82	47	0.00
September 13	72	46	0.00
September 14	62	36	0.00
September 15	54	39	0.00
September 16	48	38	0.09
September 17	49	33	0.00
September 18	65	33	0.00
September 19	64	38	0.00
September 20	45	34	0.33
September 21	56	30	0.00
September 22	67	30	0.00
September 23	76	36	0.00
September 24	77	56	0.00
September 25	57	46	0.05
September 26	55	36	0.00
September 27	58	32	0.02
September 28	59	38	0.00
September 29	58	40	0.09
September 30	41	33	0.00

October 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	47	30	0.00	0.0
October 2	63	30	0.00	0.0
October 3	71	42	0.00	0.0
October 4	73	50	0.00	0.0
October 5	78	50	0.00	0.0
October 6	81	56	0.00	0.0
October 7	63	38	0.00	0.0
October 8	69	34	0.00	0.0
October 9	84	53	0.00	0.0
October 10	71	48	0.00	0.0
October 11	72	46	0.00	0.0
October 12	66	39	0.00	0.0
October 13	70	37	0.00	0.0
October 14	48	32	0.00	0.0
October 15	33	27	0.11	1.1
October 16	32	28	0.09	0.9
October 17	52	29	0.00	0.0
October 18	51	31	0.00	0.0
October 19	60	32	0.00	0.0
October 20	56	39	0.00	0.0
October 21	52	29	0.00	0.0
October 22	65	42	0.00	0.0
October 23	65	42	0.00	0.0
October 24	54	35	0.00	0.0
October 25	54	36	0.00	0.0
October 26	57	22	0.00	0.0
October 27	22	13	0.10	1.8
October 28	15	0	0.00	0.0
October 29	28	3	0.00	0.0
October 30	35	21	0.00	0.0
October 31	40	27	0.00	0.0

November 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	26	0.00	0.0
November 2	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 4	55	13	0.26	3.3
November 5	15	-3	0.04	0.6
November 6	9	-13	0.00	0.0
November 7	48	4	0.00	0.0
November 8	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	62	38	0.00	0.0
November 10	67	47	0.00	0.0
November 11	68	43	0.00	0.0
November 12	64	43	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	33	0.03	0.0
November 14	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	37	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	38	25	0.02	0.2
November 17	38	27	0.01	0.1
November 18	39	18	0.00	0.0
November 19	53	35	0.00	0.0
November 20	60	37	0.00	0.0
November 21	61	41	0.00	0.0
November 22	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 25	46	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	44	25	0.00	0.0
November 27	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	36	21	0.00	0.0
November 29	34	16	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	20	0.00	0.0

December 1971 Great Falls Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	24	0.00	0.0
December 3	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 4	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 5	44	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	34	5	0.46	5.0
December 7	7	-5	0.04	0.6
December 8	32	7	0.00	0.0
December 9	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 10	23	1	0.11	1.3
December 11	4	-8	0.02	0.2
December 12	15	-3	0.00	0.0
December 13	27	-9	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	18	0.01	0.2
December 15	20	-11	0.09	1.6
December 16	38	-17	0.00	0.0
December 17	47	37	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	6	0.28	3.0
December 19	34	8	0.00	0.0
December 20	35	17	0.01	0.1
December 21	42	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	-4	0.00	0.0
December 23	0	-13	0.26	4.7
December 24	45	-15	0.00	0.0
December 25	-7	-11	0.10	1.3
December 26	9	-8	0.10	1.2
December 27	23	-3	0.00	0.0
December 28	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 29	24	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	23	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