Helena Weather in 1961

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

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1961 Helena Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	August 5
Lowest temperature	-22 °F	December 11
Highest daily low	64 °F	August 14
Lowest daily high	-2 °F	December 11
Most daily precipitation	0.4 inches	June 12
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	March 27
Total annual precipitation	8.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Helena in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Helena, Montana in 1961 was 103 °F which happened on August 5.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Helena in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Aug 5
2	102 °F	Aug 4
3	101 °F	Aug 3
4	98 °F	Aug 2
5	96 °F	Aug 1
5	96 °F	Jul 16
5	96 °F	Jun 17
8	95 °F	Aug 19
8	95 °F	Jun 26
10	94 °F	Jun 20
10	94 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Helena in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Helena, Montana in 1961 was -22 °F which happened on Dec 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Helena in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-22 °F	December 11
2	-20 °F	December 10
3	-17 °F	December 12
4	-9 °F	December 9
5	-7 °F	December 18
6	-6 °F	January 27
7	-1 °F	December 17
7	-1 °F	November 2
7	-1 °F	March 4
7	-1 °F	January 26

January 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 2	33	14	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	9	0.00	0.0
January 4	31	4	0.00	0.0
January 5	44	15	0.00	0.0
January 6	51	32	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	29	0.00	0.0
January 8	51	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 10	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 11	41	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	46	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	57	34	0.00	0.0
January 16	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	50	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	12	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	8	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	10	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 25	24	6	0.01	0.3
January 26	20	-1	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	-6	0.00	0.0
January 28	23	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	18	11	0.08	1.5
January 30	50	9	0.00	0.0
January 31	46	32	0.03	0.0

February 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 4	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	51	25	0.00	0.0
February 6	56	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	51	31	0.00	0.0
February 10	59	35	0.00	0.0
February 11	65	32	0.01	0.0
February 12	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	34	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	32	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	20	0.00	0.0
February 19	43	29	0.00	0.0
February 20	50	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	63	40	0.00	0.0
February 22	41	21	0.02	0.0
February 23	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 24	58	21	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	28	0.03	0.3
February 26	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	25	0.00	0.1
February 28	41	30	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	52	29	0.02	0.0
March 2	35	18	0.00	0.0
March 3	31	9	0.03	1.1
March 4	30	-1	0.00	0.0
March 5	40	8	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	18	0.00	0.0
March 8	53	13	0.00	0.0
March 9	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	42	21	0.01	0.1
March 11	44	14	0.00	0.0
March 12	47	19	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	40	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	37	0.00	0.0
March 15	67	25	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	54	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	57	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	51	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	61	18	0.00	0.0
March 23	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	38	0.01	0.0
March 25	41	32	0.37	2.1
March 26	47	31	0.20	0.3
March 27	33	27	0.39	5.5
March 28	45	20	0.00	0.0
March 29	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	29	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	53	36	0.00	0.0
April 2	61	47	0.00	0.0
April 3	64	40	0.02	0.0
April 4	44	27	0.00	0.0
April 5	42	24	0.00	0.0
April 6	47	18	0.00	0.0
April 7	46	23	0.00	0.0
April 8	47	20	0.00	0.0
April 9	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 10	44	21	0.00	0.0
April 11	53	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 13	47	23	0.05	0.4
April 14	43	21	0.05	0.6
April 15	50	28	0.00	0.0
April 16	61	40	0.00	0.0
April 17	64	38	0.00	0.0
April 18	52	38	0.16	0.0
April 19	46	34	0.00	0.0
April 20	48	23	0.00	0.0
April 21	57	23	0.00	0.0
April 22	46	36	0.00	0.0
April 23	39	32	0.13	0.4
April 24	49	31	0.00	0.0
April 25	50	26	0.26	4.8
April 26	45	21	0.11	1.2
April 27	43	27	0.09	0.9
April 28	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 29	62	35	0.02	0.0
April 30	57	40	0.01	0.0

May 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	32	0.00
May 2	55	37	0.00
May 3	62	28	0.00
May 4	59	34	0.30
May 5	49	31	0.04
May 6	45	30	0.00
May 7	49	35	0.10
May 8	62	30	0.00
May 9	79	42	0.00
May 10	58	44	0.01
May 11	60	34	0.00
May 12	62	43	0.00
May 13	65	41	0.00
May 14	58	46	0.00
May 15	56	45	0.03
May 16	59	38	0.04
May 17	51	37	0.19
May 18	60	43	0.00
May 19	71	34	0.00
May 20	77	38	0.00
May 21	71	43	0.14
May 22	72	50	0.02
May 23	80	43	0.00
May 24	80	50	0.00
May 25	83	53	0.00
May 26	86	48	0.01
May 27	70	53	0.00
May 28	82	43	0.01
May 29	83	53	0.06
May 30	72	51	0.10
May 31	59	50	0.31

June 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	44	0.00
June 2	81	49	0.00
June 3	82	48	0.00
June 4	82	51	0.00
June 5	83	49	0.00
June 6	82	51	0.00
June 7	75	57	0.00
June 8	83	46	0.00
June 9	75	56	0.00
June 10	83	47	0.00
June 11	81	53	0.00
June 12	63	51	0.44
June 13	70	51	0.00
June 14	81	47	0.00
June 15	86	50	0.00
June 16	93	53	0.00
June 17	96	55	0.00
June 18	94	61	0.00
June 19	88	59	0.00
June 20	94	54	0.00
June 21	84	61	0.00
June 22	85	51	0.00
June 23	93	55	0.00
June 24	91	62	0.00
June 25	93	55	0.00
June 26	95	54	0.00
June 27	87	57	0.03
June 28	87	56	0.00
June 29	85	56	0.31
June 30	76	50	0.00

July 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	47	0.00
July 2	93	47	0.00
July 3	91	55	0.00
July 4	78	60	0.15
July 5	85	59	0.25
July 6	87	54	0.00
July 7	86	61	0.00
July 8	90	63	0.00
July 9	92	60	0.00
July 10	82	55	0.14
July 11	80	52	0.01
July 12	74	58	0.00
July 13	86	47	0.00
July 14	89	55	0.00
July 15	92	54	0.07
July 16	96	59	0.00
July 17	87	57	0.00
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	84	61	0.00
July 20	79	59	0.07
July 21	87	50	0.00
July 22	92	55	0.00
July 23	92	56	0.00
July 24	88	55	0.00
July 25	80	58	0.00
July 26	84	56	0.01
July 27	85	53	0.35
July 28	87	56	0.00
July 29	85	54	0.00
July 30	89	51	0.00
July 31	90	57	0.00

August 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	96	56	0.00
August 2	98	57	0.00
August 3	101	57	0.00
August 4	102	58	0.00
August 5	103	60	0.00
August 6	82	60	0.01
August 7	86	53	0.00
August 8	89	50	0.00
August 9	69	53	0.16
August 10	74	51	0.16
August 11	85	48	0.00
August 12	91	50	0.00
August 13	92	53	0.00
August 14	85	64	0.00
August 15	93	55	0.00
August 16	83	62	0.09
August 17	87	56	0.00
August 18	87	57	0.00
August 19	95	56	0.00
August 20	81	62	0.00
August 21	89	55	0.00
August 22	93	50	0.01
August 23	79	56	0.06
August 24	91	56	0.00
August 25	84	56	0.05
August 26	80	55	0.02
August 27	86	50	0.00
August 28	85	52	0.00
August 29	88	56	0.06
August 30	84	48	0.00
August 31	77	50	0.00

September 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	57	44	0.03
September 2	49	37	0.14
September 3	69	36	0.00
September 4	77	51	0.00
September 5	84	44	0.00
September 6	74	51	0.00
September 7	70	40	0.00
September 8	73	43	0.00
September 9	67	40	0.03
September 10	62	45	0.22
September 11	47	34	0.15
September 12	54	37	0.00
September 13	58	29	0.00
September 14	67	27	0.00
September 15	77	35	0.00
September 16	77	47	0.24
September 17	75	49	0.02
September 18	62	42	0.03
September 19	61	34	0.00
September 20	52	34	0.18
September 21	44	30	0.04
September 22	50	27	0.00
September 23	40	26	0.03
September 24	57	23	0.00
September 25	64	34	0.00
September 26	52	31	0.00
September 27	60	23	0.00
September 28	68	33	0.05
September 29	45	31	0.00
September 30	49	36	0.00

October 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	60	33	0.00	0.0
October 2	68	31	0.00	0.0
October 3	73	31	0.00	0.0
October 4	77	40	0.00	0.0
October 5	78	36	0.00	0.0
October 6	62	40	0.00	0.0
October 7	50	36	0.00	0.0
October 8	50	29	0.00	0.0
October 9	60	25	0.00	0.0
October 10	59	33	0.00	0.0
October 11	54	39	0.00	0.0
October 12	58	35	0.00	0.0
October 13	69	44	0.00	0.0
October 14	72	33	0.00	0.0
October 15	79	33	0.00	0.0
October 16	79	37	0.00	0.0
October 17	58	36	0.00	0.0
October 18	59	29	0.00	0.0
October 19	76	29	0.00	0.0
October 20	51	22	0.00	0.0
October 21	31	19	0.05	0.9
October 22	39	27	0.00	0.0
October 23	50	32	0.03	0.3
October 24	44	25	0.00	0.0
October 25	53	15	0.00	0.0
October 26	51	34	0.06	0.0
October 27	50	29	0.01	0.0
October 28	36	25	0.01	0.1
October 29	39	13	0.00	0.0
October 30	45	21	0.00	0.0
October 31	50	20	0.00	0.0

November 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	11	0.15	1.9
November 2	28	-1	0.00	0.0
November 3	41	16	0.02	0.4
November 4	27	6	0.03	0.9
November 5	33	3	0.00	0.0
November 6	46	22	0.00	0.0
November 7	43	20	0.00	0.0
November 8	47	17	0.00	0.0
November 9	50	21	0.00	0.0
November 10	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	37	23	0.01	0.1
November 13	44	23	0.00	0.0
November 14	44	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 16	30	6	0.00	0.0
November 17	34	6	0.00	0.0
November 18	37	8	0.00	0.0
November 19	37	18	0.00	0.0
November 20	30	18	0.00	0.0
November 21	33	9	0.00	0.0
November 22	50	29	0.01	0.0
November 23	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	26	0.00	0.0
November 25	34	23	0.13	2.7
November 26	28	20	0.01	0.4
November 27	32	13	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	13	0.00	0.0
November 29	21	10	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	13	0.01	0.0

December 1961 Helena Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	29	0.02	0.2
December 6	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 7	27	19	0.03	0.8
December 8	21	1	0.05	0.9
December 9	3	-9	0.00	0.0
December 10	-2	-20	0.00	0.0
December 11	-2	-22	0.00	0.0
December 12	23	-17	0.00	0.0
December 13	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 14	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 15	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	12	0.00	0.3
December 17	37	-1	0.01	0.4
December 18	5	-7	0.04	0.8
December 19	26	3	0.01	0.2
December 20	47	17	0.14	0.0
December 21	47	26	0.15	0.3
December 22	32	20	0.00	0.0
December 23	36	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	24	0.05	0.0
December 25	36	20	0.02	0.3
December 26	29	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	28	9	0.00	0.0
December 28	42	20	0.03	0.0
December 29	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	36	0.00	0.0
December 31	40	24	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Helena Regional Airport	location
1893–1938	Helna	location