What was the winter weather like in Montana?

Montana experiences cold, snowy winters. The average temperature in January, the coldest month, is 20 degrees Fahrenheit (-7 degrees Celsius), and the average snowfall in January is 9.5 inches (24 cm). The coldest temperature ever recorded in Montana was -70 degrees Fahrenheit (-57 degrees Celsius) in January 1954, and the most snow ever recorded in a single month was 222.4 inches (565 cm) in January 1928.