Carlyle is a ghost town in Wibaux County, Montana, United States, located approximately 1 to 1+12 miles west of the North Dakota border, sitting on a ranch, which incorporated the once agricultural town into grazing land. Some of the buildings once a part of the town are just foundations, however, a farmstead east of the town is still standing, with the school house, grain elevators and a couple of the homes inside the town. Southeast of the town of Carlyle is the cemetery. Carlyle had a population of 221 in the 1940s, with access to the Northern Pacific Railway branch out of Beach, North Dakota.

Former school in Carlyle

Climate edit

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Carlyle has a warm-summer humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Carlyle was 107 °F (41.7 °C) on June 20, 1988, while the coldest temperature recorded was −39 °F (−39.4 °C) on December 21, 1989.[1]

Climate data for Carlyle, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1962–present
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 62
(17)
69
(21)
81
(27)
91
(33)
99
(37)
107
(42)
106
(41)
105
(41)
103
(39)
92
(33)
78
(26)
65
(18)
107
(42)
Mean maximum °F (°C) 48.2
(9.0)
51.0
(10.6)
67.0
(19.4)
77.3
(25.2)
84.2
(29.0)
90.6
(32.6)
97.4
(36.3)
97.7
(36.5)
92.9
(33.8)
79.7
(26.5)
63.4
(17.4)
50.7
(10.4)
100.0
(37.8)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) 26.7
(−2.9)
29.8
(−1.2)
41.6
(5.3)
53.0
(11.7)
63.4
(17.4)
73.0
(22.8)
82.2
(27.9)
82.4
(28.0)
71.3
(21.8)
55.0
(12.8)
40.4
(4.7)
29.6
(−1.3)
54.0
(12.3)
Daily mean °F (°C) 18.0
(−7.8)
20.8
(−6.2)
31.3
(−0.4)
41.8
(5.4)
52.0
(11.1)
61.7
(16.5)
69.4
(20.8)
68.8
(20.4)
58.8
(14.9)
44.2
(6.8)
31.1
(−0.5)
21.2
(−6.0)
43.3
(6.3)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) 9.4
(−12.6)
11.7
(−11.3)
21.0
(−6.1)
30.5
(−0.8)
40.6
(4.8)
50.4
(10.2)
56.6
(13.7)
55.3
(12.9)
46.2
(7.9)
33.3
(0.7)
21.8
(−5.7)
12.8
(−10.7)
32.5
(0.3)
Mean minimum °F (°C) −17.7
(−27.6)
−12.2
(−24.6)
−3.0
(−19.4)
13.8
(−10.1)
27.1
(−2.7)
38.6
(3.7)
46.9
(8.3)
42.9
(6.1)
30.6
(−0.8)
15.0
(−9.4)
−0.3
(−17.9)
−12.5
(−24.7)
−23.1
(−30.6)
Record low °F (°C) −38
(−39)
−35
(−37)
−26
(−32)
−8
(−22)
13
(−11)
30
(−1)
34
(1)
31
(−1)
15
(−9)
−8
(−22)
−23
(−31)
−39
(−39)
−39
(−39)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 0.54
(14)
0.58
(15)
0.80
(20)
1.64
(42)
2.62
(67)
2.53
(64)
2.27
(58)
1.37
(35)
1.69
(43)
1.41
(36)
0.70
(18)
0.60
(15)
16.75
(427)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 9.2
(23)
9.6
(24)
9.3
(24)
5.8
(15)
2.4
(6.1)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.0
(0.0)
0.1
(0.25)
3.7
(9.4)
6.9
(18)
8.3
(21)
55.3
(140.75)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 7.6 8.4 8.6 8.9 11.6 11.1 8.7 7.1 6.9 8.4 7.4 8.0 102.7
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 6.5 7.7 5.5 3.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2.2 4.7 6.2 36.7
Source 1: NOAA[2]
Source 2: National Weather Service[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Glasgow". National Weather Service. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Carlyle 13 NW, MT". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved July 7, 2023.

External links edit

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carlyle, Montana

46°39′18″N 104°04′34″W / 46.65500°N 104.07611°W / 46.65500; -104.07611