Laramie climate — normals and trends
Laramie (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 433 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Laramie averages 198 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 97 rainy days per year.
Laramie has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 207 to 189 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.9 °C (on 27 June 2018) and the coldest -44.9 °C (on 2 February 2011).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
LaramieWyoming
- coords
- 41.31°, -105.59°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.5°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
-1.8°C
Annual rainfall
433mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
58%
Average peak wind
23.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
198 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
97 d/yr
Annual snowfall
146.2 cm
Average feels-like high
6.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-6.2 °C
Average peak gust
47.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.9 °C
27 June 2018
Coldest day
-44.9 °C
2 February 2011
Wettest day
52 mm
8 June 1974
Windiest day
60.1 km/h
7 May 1988
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
1 November 1960
Hottest feels-like
32.4 °C
10 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-50.3 °C
2 February 2011
Snowiest day
30.9 cm
13 May 1982
Sunniest day
14.5 h
24 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.2 °C | -2.1 °C | 25 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 2.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 18 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 7.7 °C | +4.0 °C | 40 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 10.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 37 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 15.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 43 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 26.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 30 mm | -10 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 45 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 20.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 62 mm | +30 mm |
| Oct | 13.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 24 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 9.5 °C | +5.3 °C | 9 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | +6.5 °C | 13 mm | -8 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Laramie?
Laramie has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.5 °C and it receives 433 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laramie?
The hottest day measured in Laramie between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2018, reaching 33.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Laramie?
The coldest day measured in Laramie between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 2011, at -44.9 °C.
Does it snow in Laramie?
Yes. Laramie gets on average 146.2 cm of snow per year and has around 198 frost days.
Has the climate of Laramie warmed?
Yes: Laramie warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Laramie?
The wettest day measured in Laramie between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1974, with 52 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Laramie?
The windiest day measured in Laramie between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1988, with winds reaching 60.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Laramie?
The warmest month in Laramie is July (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Laramie?
Laramie receives on average 433 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 97 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Laramie?
Laramie gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Laramie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Laramie between 1940 and 2025 was 13 May 1982, with 30.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Laramie?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Laramie.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laramie?
In Laramie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.4 °C on 10 July 2018, and the lowest was -50.3 °C on 2 February 2011.
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