July Weather at West Yellowstone United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 73°F to 76°F, rarely falling below 62°F or exceeding 84°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 76°F on July 28.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 41°F to 44°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 51°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 44°F on July 27.

For reference, on July 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at West Yellowstone typically range from 44°F to 76°F, while on January 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 4°F to 26°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on July. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Karayazı, Turkey (6,383 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to West Yellowstone (view comparison).

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The month of July at West Yellowstone experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 26% to 22%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 21% on July 25.

The clearest day of the month is July 25, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 79% of the time.

For reference, on March 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 60%, while on July 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At West Yellowstone, the chance of a wet day over the course of July is essentially constant, remaining around 19% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 38% on May 29, and its lowest chance is 17% on September 9.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during July at West Yellowstone is essentially constant, remaining about 1.0 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.2 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of July at West Yellowstone, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 50 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 40 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 39 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is July 31, with 14 hours, 40 minutes of daylight and the longest day is July 1, with 15 hours, 30 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month at West Yellowstone is 5:43 AM on July 1 and the latest sunrise is 27 minutes later at 6:10 AM on July 31.

The latest sunset is 9:13 PM on July 1 and the earliest sunset is 23 minutes earlier at 8:50 PM on July 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at West Yellowstone during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during July, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets 15 hours, 34 minutes later, at 9:13 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:58 AM and sets 8 hours, 49 minutes later, at 4:47 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for July 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at West Yellowstone is essentially constant during July, remaining around 0% throughout.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at West Yellowstone is essentially constant during July, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on November 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at West Yellowstone throughout July is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 46% on July 1.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at West Yellowstone typically lasts for 2.3 months (71 days), from around June 23 to around September 2, rarely starting before June 5 or after July 11, and rarely ending before August 10 or after September 21.

The month of July at West Yellowstone is more likely than not fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 98% on July 27.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at West Yellowstone are increasing during July, increasing by 322°F, from 254°F to 575°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at West Yellowstone is gradually decreasing during July, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 8.0 kWh to 7.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during July is 8.0 kWh on July 2.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of West Yellowstone are 44.650 deg latitude, -111.100 deg longitude, and 6,673 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of West Yellowstone contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 249 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,681 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,096 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,352 feet).

The area within 2 miles of West Yellowstone is covered by trees (61%) and shrubs (39%), within 10 miles by trees (55%) and shrubs (41%), and within 50 miles by trees (44%) and shrubs (41%).