Rainy days · Montana
How often does it rain in Billings?
Billings rain is a rare and welcome guest, like a cousin who actually brings something.
Billings gets measurable rain or snow on about 97 days a year, adding up to about 14 inches.
November usually brings Billings about 6 wet days and 0.6 inches. The wettest month is usually May, with about 12 wet days, and the driest is August, with about 6 wet days. That makes Billings number 97 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 0.5 |
| February | 7 | 0.6 |
| March | 9 | 0.9 |
| April | 10 | 1.7 |
| May | 12 | 2.4 |
| June | 11 | 2.2 |
| July | 8 | 1.2 |
| August | 6 | 0.9 |
| September | 7 | 1.4 |
| October | 8 | 1.4 |
| November | 6 | 0.6 |
| December | 6 | 0.6 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Rapid City, South Dakota: about 96 wet days a year
- Great Falls, Montana: about 98 wet days a year
- Lincoln, Nebraska: about 95 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Billings area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.