Salmon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · alpine / mountain town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Salmon is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with August and September close behind. Salmon averages about 2,775 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,775
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 91/100
- Rain / year
- 508 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 8 (very high)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 1,230 m
When is the best time to visit Salmon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Salmon is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (0/100, 42 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Salmon?
Salmon gets a lot of sun: around 2,775 hours a year. 91 Sunshine Score points separate July (91) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #122 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 508 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -10° / 14°F | 42 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -9° / 16°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 46 mm | 3 |
| April | 36 | 13° / 55°F | 1° / 34°F | 50 mm | 5 |
| May | 77 | 19° / 66°F | 6° / 43°F | 60 mm | 6 |
| June | 85 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 58 mm | 7 |
| July | 91 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 24 mm | 8 |
| August | 91 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 26 mm | 7 |
| September | 89 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 35 mm | 5 |
| October | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 38 mm | 3 |
| November | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -3° / 27°F | 41 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 48 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Missoula United States · 200 km · best in Jul · 2,308 h sun/yr
- Bozeman United States · 225 km · best in Jul · 2,641 h sun/yr
- Idaho Falls United States · 230 km · best in Jul · 2,995 h sun/yr
- Boise United States · 254 km · best in Sep · 2,989 h sun/yr
- Jackson Hole United States · 301 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
- Great Falls United States · 326 km · best in Jul · 2,659 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Butte United States · 142 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- McCall United States · 176 km · 2,837 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hailey United States · 183 km · 3,068 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Helena United States · 221 km · 2,679 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- West Yellowstone United States · 223 km · 2,635 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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