Carlyle, Montana facts for kids
Carlyle is a ghost town in Wibaux County, Montana, United States. A ghost town is a place where most people have left, and many buildings are empty or falling apart. Carlyle is located about one to one and a half miles west of the North Dakota border. It sits on a ranch, which means the land that was once a farming town is now used for grazing animals.
Some of the old buildings in Carlyle are just foundations now. But a farmstead to the east of the town still stands. You can also see the old school house, grain elevators, and a couple of homes within the town itself. Southeast of Carlyle, there is a cemetery. In the 1940s, Carlyle had 221 people living there. It also had access to the Northern Pacific Railway line that came from Beach, North Dakota.
Carlyle's Climate
Carlyle has a type of weather called a "warm-summer humid continental climate." This means it has warm summers and cold, snowy winters. Scientists use a system called the Köppen Climate Classification to describe climates around the world. For Carlyle, this climate type is known as "Dfb" on climate maps.
The hottest temperature ever recorded in Carlyle was 107 °F (41.7 °C) degrees Fahrenheit. This happened on June 20, 1988. The coldest temperature ever recorded was a very chilly −39 °F (−39.4 °C) degrees Fahrenheit. That cold day was on December 21, 1989.
