Sheridan climate — normals and trends
Sheridan (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 659 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 (18.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sheridan averages 184 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Sheridan has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 189 to 179 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 29 July 2006) and the coldest -38.5 °C (on 22 December 1990).
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
SheridanWyoming
- coords
- 44.80°, -106.96°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.3°C
Average daily high
11.4°C
Average daily low
-0.7°C
Annual rainfall
659mm
Sunshine / day
10.2h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
184 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
197.4 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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
35.9 °C
29 July 2006
Coldest day
-38.5 °C
22 December 1990
Wettest day
63 mm
18 May 1978
Windiest day
44.0 km/h
7 April 1962
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
7 April 1962
Hottest feels-like
36.8 °C
13 July 2005
Coldest feels-like
-43.5 °C
22 December 1990
Snowiest day
33.3 cm
19 April 1973
Sunniest day
15.2 h
16 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.2 °C | -2.2 °C | 45 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | -4.0 °C | -4.7 °C | 27 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 8.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 85 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 9.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 106 mm | +21 mm |
| May | 16.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 107 mm | +11 mm |
| Jun | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 54 mm | -31 mm |
| Jul | 25.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 67 mm | +14 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | -0.2 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 22.2 °C | +2.7 °C | 35 mm | -22 mm |
| Oct | 13.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 98 mm | +38 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 19 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 4.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 52 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sheridan?
Sheridan has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.3 °C and it receives 659 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sheridan?
The hottest day measured in Sheridan between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 2006, reaching 35.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sheridan?
The coldest day measured in Sheridan between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1990, at -38.5 °C.
Does it snow in Sheridan?
Yes. Sheridan gets on average 197.4 cm of snow per year and has around 184 frost days.
Has the climate of Sheridan warmed?
Yes: Sheridan warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sheridan?
The wettest day measured in Sheridan between 1940 and 2025 was 18 May 1978, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sheridan?
The windiest day measured in Sheridan between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1962, with winds reaching 44.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sheridan?
The warmest month in Sheridan is July (18.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sheridan?
Sheridan receives on average 659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sheridan?
Sheridan gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sheridan?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sheridan between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1973, with 33.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sheridan?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sheridan.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sheridan?
In Sheridan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 13 July 2005, and the lowest was -43.5 °C on 22 December 1990.
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