Sonnette, Montana facts for kids
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Sonnette
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 Sonnette
Location in Montana
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| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Powder River |
| Elevation | 3,767 ft (1,148 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 790852 |
Sonnette is a small place in Montana, United States, that isn't officially a town or city. It's called an unincorporated community. You can find it in the western part of Powder River County.
Sonnette is located close to where Pumpkin Creek starts. It's also just west of the Custer National Forest. If you're looking for it on a map, it's northwest of Broadus, which is the main town in Powder River County.
Sonnette's Climate
Sonnette has a type of weather called a semi-arid climate. This means it's usually dry, but not quite a desert. On weather maps, this climate is often shown as "BSk" according to the Köppen Climate Classification system.
| Climate data for Sonnette, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1965–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 68 (20) |
70 (21) |
80 (27) |
87 (31) |
103 (39) |
105 (41) |
107 (42) |
103 (39) |
100 (38) |
91 (33) |
77 (25) |
71 (22) |
107 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 54.2 (12.3) |
56.5 (13.6) |
68.7 (20.4) |
77.4 (25.2) |
83.9 (28.8) |
91.3 (32.9) |
98.0 (36.7) |
96.8 (36.0) |
92.9 (33.8) |
81.1 (27.3) |
66.1 (18.9) |
54.3 (12.4) |
99.3 (37.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 36.8 (2.7) |
38.7 (3.7) |
48.8 (9.3) |
57.3 (14.1) |
66.6 (19.2) |
76.5 (24.7) |
86.5 (30.3) |
85.9 (29.9) |
75.3 (24.1) |
59.6 (15.3) |
46.5 (8.1) |
36.8 (2.7) |
59.6 (15.3) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.2 (−4.9) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
34.7 (1.5) |
43.0 (6.1) |
52.3 (11.3) |
61.7 (16.5) |
69.7 (20.9) |
68.5 (20.3) |
58.5 (14.7) |
44.8 (7.1) |
32.5 (0.3) |
23.6 (−4.7) |
44.8 (7.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 9.5 (−12.5) |
11.3 (−11.5) |
20.6 (−6.3) |
28.8 (−1.8) |
38.1 (3.4) |
46.8 (8.2) |
53.0 (11.7) |
51.1 (10.6) |
41.7 (5.4) |
30.0 (−1.1) |
18.4 (−7.6) |
10.4 (−12.0) |
30.0 (−1.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −17.4 (−27.4) |
−14.4 (−25.8) |
−3.5 (−19.7) |
10.3 (−12.1) |
21.6 (−5.8) |
34.0 (1.1) |
41.6 (5.3) |
37.8 (3.2) |
26.7 (−2.9) |
9.9 (−12.3) |
−4.7 (−20.4) |
−13.2 (−25.1) |
−25.7 (−32.1) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −38 (−39) |
−42 (−41) |
−33 (−36) |
−8 (−22) |
11 (−12) |
26 (−3) |
33 (1) |
25 (−4) |
10 (−12) |
−16 (−27) |
−25 (−32) |
−44 (−42) |
−44 (−42) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.50 (13) |
0.70 (18) |
0.91 (23) |
1.85 (47) |
2.95 (75) |
2.69 (68) |
1.67 (42) |
1.10 (28) |
1.09 (28) |
1.38 (35) |
0.56 (14) |
0.51 (13) |
15.91 (404) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 3.9 (9.9) |
6.6 (17) |
5.0 (13) |
3.4 (8.6) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.3 (3.3) |
3.1 (7.9) |
5.6 (14) |
29.1 (74.21) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 67.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 10.8 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service | |||||||||||||
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