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Cooke City, Montana
Entering Cooke City from the east
Entering Cooke City from the east
Cooke City, Montana is located in Montana
Cooke City, Montana
Cooke City, Montana
Location in Montana
Cooke City, Montana is located in the United States
Cooke City, Montana
Cooke City, Montana
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Montana
County Park
Area
 • Total 9.5 sq mi (24.7 km2)
 • Land 9.5 sq mi (24.7 km2)
 • Water 0 sq mi (0.0 km2)
Elevation
7,580 ft (2,310 m)
Population
 (2010)
75
 • Density 7.8/sq mi (3.03/km2)
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP Code
59020
Area code(s) 406
FIPS code 30-17350
GNIS feature ID 2583800

Cooke City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 75. Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.

The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway, which leads east to Red Lodge, Montana, on a scenic route climbing to 10,947 feet (3,337 m) in elevation through the Beartooth Mountains and across the Beartooth Plateau. The town's chief industry is tourism, which during the winter includes skiing and snowmobiling.

It is named for Jay Cooke, financier of the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Geography

Cooke City is near the southeast corner of Park County, bordered to the south by the North Absaroka Wilderness within Shoshone National Forest in the state of Wyoming, and to the west by the community of Silver Gate, Montana. The two towns sit in the valley of Soda Butte Creek, which flows southwest into Wyoming to join the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park. The valley is part of the Yellowstone River watershed.

U.S. Route 212, the Beartooth Highway, passes through the center of Cooke City, leading southwest into Yellowstone National Park, and east over 8,040-foot (2,450 m) Colter Pass in the eastern part of the CDP to continue southeast back into Wyoming in the valley of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and thence into the Beartooth Mountains.

Climate

Cooke City has a subarctic climate (Dfc) or subalpine climate due its extremely high elevation, at 7,580 feet (2,310 m), with only two months averaging above 50 °F (10 °C). Summers consist of mild to warm days with crisp, cool mornings, and winters are long and very cold, with many nights falling below zero. Snowfall is abundant, with most of it falling between the months of October to May, though snow does occasionally fall in the months of June and September. Cooke City is listed as the snowiest community in Montana.

Climate data for Cooke City, Montana
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 48
(9)
54
(12)
58
(14)
72
(22)
80
(27)
88
(31)
90
(32)
88
(31)
85
(29)
76
(24)
58
(14)
47
(8)
90
(32)
Average high °F (°C) 24.3
(−4.3)
30.1
(−1.1)
37.1
(2.8)
44.4
(6.9)
54.2
(12.3)
64.5
(18.1)
74.0
(23.3)
72.2
(22.3)
62.4
(16.9)
48.6
(9.2)
32.1
(0.1)
23.6
(−4.7)
47.3
(8.5)
Daily mean °F (°C) 14.3
(−9.8)
17.9
(−7.8)
24.4
(−4.2)
31.6
(−0.2)
40.8
(4.9)
49.1
(9.5)
56.2
(13.4)
54.6
(12.6)
46.1
(7.8)
35.6
(2.0)
22.3
(−5.4)
14.1
(−9.9)
33.9
(1.1)
Average low °F (°C) 4.3
(−15.4)
5.7
(−14.6)
11.8
(−11.2)
18.8
(−7.3)
27.5
(−2.5)
33.7
(0.9)
38.5
(3.6)
37.0
(2.8)
29.9
(−1.2)
22.6
(−5.2)
12.4
(−10.9)
4.6
(−15.2)
20.6
(−6.4)
Record low °F (°C) −41
(−41)
−43
(−42)
−27
(−33)
−18
(−28)
1
(−17)
20
(−7)
22
(−6)
20
(−7)
3
(−16)
−13
(−25)
−23
(−31)
−42
(−41)
−43
(−42)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 2.30
(58)
1.76
(45)
1.93
(49)
1.96
(50)
2.75
(70)
3.14
(80)
2.05
(52)
2.03
(52)
1.87
(47)
1.70
(43)
2.08
(53)
2.27
(58)
25.84
(657)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 40.7
(103)
29.4
(75)
26.5
(67)
18.6
(47)
9.3
(24)
2.2
(5.6)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
2.2
(5.6)
11.1
(28)
29.5
(75)
39.4
(100)
208.9
(530.2)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 17 13 13 11 14 13 11 11 10 10 14 16 153

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