Missoula Weather in 1971

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

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1971 Missoula Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 4
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	December 8
Highest daily low	62 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	0.7 inches	June 3
Most daily snow	2.8 inches	November 29
Total annual precipitation	13.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	53.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Missoula in 1971?

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

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Missoula in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 4
1	101 °F	Aug 1
3	100 °F	Aug 13
3	100 °F	Aug 8
5	99 °F	Aug 27
5	99 °F	Aug 11
5	99 °F	Jul 16
8	98 °F	Aug 9
9	97 °F	Aug 12
9	97 °F	Aug 10
9	97 °F	Aug 2
9	97 °F	Jul 31
9	97 °F	Jul 19

What was the coldest temperature in Missoula in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Missoula, Montana in 1971 was -10 °F which happened on Dec 8.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Missoula in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	December 8
2	-9 °F	December 7
3	-8 °F	December 29
3	-8 °F	December 28
5	-7 °F	January 13
6	-6 °F	January 5
7	-1 °F	January 6
7	-1 °F	January 4
9	0 °F	October 29
9	0 °F	January 2

January 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	9	0.01	0.2
January 2	14	0	0.01	0.3
January 3	15	1	0.01	0.2
January 4	11	-1	0.00	0.3
January 5	6	-6	0.03	0.7
January 6	13	-1	0.04	0.6
January 7	19	11	0.23	2.2
January 8	40	19	0.07	0.1
January 9	40	32	0.16	0.0
January 10	42	25	0.14	0.2
January 11	28	15	0.20	2.6
January 12	16	3	0.07	0.8
January 13	15	-7	0.01	0.2
January 14	25	2	0.02	0.4
January 15	39	22	0.06	0.5
January 16	44	34	0.22	0.0
January 17	47	33	0.09	0.0
January 18	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 19	45	32	0.23	0.0
January 20	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	31	20	0.05	0.4
January 22	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	33	0.02	0.2
January 25	40	32	0.05	0.0
January 26	40	32	0.05	0.0
January 27	44	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	43	24	0.00	0.0
January 29	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 30	51	39	0.01	0.0
January 31	49	36	0.03	0.0

February 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	37	32	0.00	0.0
February 2	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	25	0.00	0.2
February 4	31	24	0.04	0.4
February 5	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	16	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	16	0.00	0.0
February 8	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	15	0.02	0.5
February 10	44	27	0.30	0.8
February 11	52	35	0.00	0.0
February 12	49	33	0.00	0.0
February 13	47	33	0.02	0.0
February 14	57	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	48	32	0.01	0.1
February 16	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	24	0.00	0.0
February 18	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	29	0.02	0.5
February 20	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	17	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	33	0.00	0.0
February 24	50	31	0.10	0.0
February 25	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 26	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 27	33	18	0.05	0.9
February 28	30	15	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	30	16	0.08	1.2
March 2	38	8	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	26	0.07	1.5
March 4	36	20	0.02	0.3
March 5	37	16	0.00	0.0
March 6	41	12	0.00	0.0
March 7	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	41	30	0.02	0.2
March 10	54	32	0.01	0.0
March 11	47	32	0.03	0.0
March 12	50	34	0.08	0.0
March 13	42	30	0.06	0.6
March 14	42	24	0.00	0.0
March 15	46	24	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	21	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	16	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	20	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	20	0.00	0.0
March 21	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	33	26	0.12	0.7
March 23	54	29	0.06	0.5
March 24	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 26	54	34	0.15	0.0
March 27	42	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	48	28	0.01	0.3
March 29	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	30	0.07	1.0

April 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	54	20	0.00	0.0
April 2	53	28	0.02	0.0
April 3	56	27	0.00	0.0
April 4	61	23	0.00	0.0
April 5	70	23	0.00	0.0
April 6	77	28	0.00	0.0
April 7	56	35	0.02	0.0
April 8	62	24	0.00	0.0
April 9	66	35	0.00	0.0
April 10	55	29	0.04	0.7
April 11	50	22	0.04	1.0
April 12	53	24	0.00	0.0
April 13	66	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	70	28	0.00	0.0
April 15	54	35	0.00	0.0
April 16	54	26	0.00	0.0
April 17	52	39	0.17	0.0
April 18	56	35	0.01	0.0
April 19	66	27	0.00	0.0
April 20	64	35	0.50	0.0
April 21	54	38	0.16	0.0
April 22	64	42	0.11	0.0
April 23	63	36	0.23	0.0
April 24	45	33	0.56	1.8
April 25	55	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	55	30	0.00	0.0
April 27	43	28	0.23	0.0
April 28	60	38	0.00	0.0
April 29	62	36	0.00	0.0
April 30	70	30	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	34	0.00
May 2	77	42	0.00
May 3	77	40	0.00
May 4	76	44	0.44
May 5	50	46	0.10
May 6	61	45	0.03
May 7	72	44	0.00
May 8	69	42	0.00
May 9	72	42	0.00
May 10	74	38	0.00
May 11	79	41	0.00
May 12	81	39	0.00
May 13	60	39	0.00
May 14	59	35	0.00
May 15	71	40	0.12
May 16	53	40	0.02
May 17	43	34	0.09
May 18	58	37	0.04
May 19	56	34	0.04
May 20	55	37	0.00
May 21	60	30	0.00
May 22	70	33	0.00
May 23	77	36	0.00
May 24	76	43	0.00
May 25	79	37	0.04
May 26	86	45	0.00
May 27	82	45	0.00
May 28	79	49	0.00
May 29	76	51	0.00
May 30	58	49	0.08
May 31	59	46	0.35

June 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	69	48	0.09
June 2	68	45	0.02
June 3	73	43	0.66
June 4	63	47	0.03
June 5	68	41	0.00
June 6	67	40	0.00
June 7	77	39	0.00
June 8	69	45	0.07
June 9	70	44	0.00
June 10	66	47	0.00
June 11	70	46	0.00
June 12	84	40	0.00
June 13	73	47	0.16
June 14	64	40	0.03
June 15	72	38	0.00
June 16	73	33	0.00
June 17	74	36	0.00
June 18	72	52	0.18
June 19	78	50	0.00
June 20	80	46	0.14
June 21	87	46	0.00
June 22	92	55	0.00
June 23	83	53	0.00
June 24	85	42	0.00
June 25	66	50	0.02
June 26	66	43	0.00
June 27	68	47	0.01
June 28	55	45	0.25
June 29	61	41	0.08
June 30	78	36	0.00

July 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	40	0.04
July 2	72	43	0.11
July 3	77	37	0.00
July 4	76	37	0.00
July 5	80	43	0.00
July 6	62	39	0.14
July 7	76	31	0.00
July 8	87	40	0.00
July 9	88	50	0.05
July 10	72	52	0.15
July 11	72	42	0.01
July 12	78	37	0.00
July 13	83	43	0.00
July 14	87	41	0.00
July 15	95	44	0.00
July 16	99	50	0.00
July 17	94	55	0.00
July 18	95	59	0.00
July 19	97	54	0.00
July 20	86	60	0.00
July 21	90	55	0.03
July 22	94	56	0.00
July 23	96	53	0.00
July 24	92	52	0.00
July 25	87	60	0.00
July 26	88	52	0.00
July 27	92	52	0.00
July 28	79	62	0.00
July 29	89	52	0.00
July 30	93	52	0.00
July 31	97	53	0.00

August 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	101	53	0.00
August 2	97	57	0.00
August 3	92	54	0.05
August 4	101	60	0.22
August 5	94	57	0.00
August 6	81	56	0.00
August 7	94	56	0.00
August 8	100	54	0.00
August 9	98	57	0.00
August 10	97	54	0.00
August 11	99	55	0.00
August 12	97	53	0.00
August 13	100	49	0.00
August 14	90	54	0.00
August 15	94	49	0.00
August 16	94	47	0.00
August 17	89	52	0.00
August 18	89	47	0.00
August 19	92	47	0.00
August 20	91	47	0.00
August 21	92	50	0.00
August 22	89	49	0.06
August 23	73	44	0.00
August 24	86	36	0.00
August 25	92	41	0.00
August 26	95	43	0.00
August 27	99	47	0.00
August 28	96	55	0.00
August 29	82	55	0.01
August 30	76	58	0.48
August 31	77	49	0.09

September 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	57	42	0.07
September 2	65	48	0.16
September 3	67	49	0.00
September 4	73	42	0.00
September 5	86	41	0.00
September 6	79	44	0.00
September 7	71	40	0.00
September 8	83	37	0.00
September 9	80	40	0.00
September 10	89	40	0.00
September 11	72	41	0.00
September 12	82	33	0.00
September 13	72	40	0.00
September 14	67	32	0.00
September 15	64	30	0.00
September 16	57	36	0.04
September 17	59	30	0.00
September 18	66	24	0.00
September 19	66	30	0.00
September 20	54	34	0.00
September 21	64	23	0.00
September 22	71	27	0.00
September 23	79	29	0.00
September 24	74	39	0.00
September 25	62	37	0.00
September 26	56	39	0.03
September 27	54	39	0.00
September 28	60	37	0.00
September 29	52	30	0.00
September 30	52	24	0.00

October 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	58	21	0.00	0.0
October 2	60	27	0.00	0.0
October 3	69	31	0.00	0.0
October 4	74	46	0.00	0.0
October 5	79	38	0.00	0.0
October 6	76	37	0.00	0.0
October 7	76	38	0.00	0.0
October 8	75	34	0.00	0.0
October 9	76	34	0.00	0.0
October 10	77	35	0.00	0.0
October 11	68	35	0.00	0.0
October 12	66	30	0.00	0.0
October 13	70	35	0.07	0.0
October 14	50	31	0.00	0.0
October 15	42	31	0.00	0.0
October 16	43	32	0.00	0.0
October 17	55	25	0.00	0.0
October 18	49	20	0.00	0.0
October 19	56	32	0.01	0.0
October 20	50	37	0.00	0.0
October 21	52	24	0.00	0.0
October 22	57	22	0.00	0.0
October 23	52	22	0.10	0.0
October 24	52	30	0.00	0.0
October 25	53	23	0.00	0.0
October 26	53	28	0.00	0.0
October 27	31	15	0.00	0.0
October 28	29	4	0.00	0.0
October 29	29	0	0.00	0.0
October 30	35	23	0.01	0.2
October 31	35	26	0.05	0.5

November 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	28	0.02	0.2
November 2	44	28	0.05	0.6
November 3	48	30	0.00	0.1
November 4	53	24	0.05	0.2
November 5	36	18	0.00	0.0
November 6	36	12	0.00	0.0
November 7	42	15	0.00	0.0
November 8	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 9	48	16	0.00	0.0
November 10	61	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	28	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	30	0.12	0.0
November 13	42	30	0.03	0.0
November 14	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	45	24	0.00	0.0
November 16	34	23	0.02	0.2
November 17	38	28	0.02	0.3
November 18	34	27	0.03	0.4
November 19	47	30	0.03	0.3
November 20	51	31	0.00	0.0
November 21	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	45	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	32	15	0.03	0.6
November 24	35	29	0.12	1.4
November 25	42	25	0.08	1.1
November 26	32	25	0.14	1.3
November 27	37	27	0.16	1.8
November 28	33	19	0.10	1.7
November 29	34	29	0.17	2.8
November 30	34	27	0.01	0.1

December 1971 Missoula Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	9	0.00	0.0
December 2	21	2	0.00	0.0
December 3	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 4	27	17	0.05	0.5
December 5	36	27	0.32	2.5
December 6	34	18	0.28	2.0
December 7	18	-9	0.00	0.1
December 8	11	-10	0.08	1.3
December 9	32	11	0.09	1.1
December 10	28	15	0.04	0.5
December 11	28	9	0.00	0.0
December 12	22	9	0.01	0.1
December 13	27	13	0.01	0.3
December 14	36	18	0.04	1.0
December 15	25	12	0.10	1.1
December 16	29	9	0.00	0.1
December 17	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	43	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	27	0.07	1.6
December 21	40	24	0.01	0.2
December 22	42	27	0.25	0.0
December 23	40	14	0.09	1.1
December 24	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	17	0.07	1.1
December 26	25	16	0.07	0.9
December 27	21	3	0.01	0.3
December 28	14	-8	0.00	0.3
December 29	14	-8	0.04	0.5
December 30	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	36	18	0.00	0.1

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	Missoula International Airport	location
1893–1947	Missoula 6 NW WFO	location