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Cooke City, Montana 
Summary
Cooke City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Park County, Montana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 77.[3] Prior to 2010, it was part of the Cooke City-Silver Gate CDP.
Cooke City, Montana | |
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 Entering Cooke City from the east | |
  Cooke City  Cooke City | |
| Coordinates: 45°1′10″N 109°56′4″W / 45.01944°N 109.93444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Park |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.54 sq mi (24.70 km2) |
| • Land | 9.54 sq mi (24.70 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 7,580 ft (2,310 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 77 |
| • Density | 8.08/sq mi (3.12/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP Code | 59020 |
| Area code | 406 |
| FIPS code | 30-17350 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2583800[2] |
The community sits northeast of Yellowstone National Park on the Beartooth Highway, which leads east to Red Lodge, Montana, on a scenic route climbing to 10,947 feet (3,337 m) in elevation through the Beartooth Mountains and across the Beartooth Plateau. The town's chief industry is tourism, which during the winter includes skiing and snowmobiling.
It is named for Jay Cooke, financier of the Northern Pacific Railroad.[4]
Geography edit
Cooke City is near the southeast corner of Park County, bordered to the south by the North Absaroka Wilderness within Shoshone National Forest in the state of Wyoming, and to the west by the community of Silver Gate, Montana. The two towns sit in the valley of Soda Butte Creek, which flows southwest into Wyoming to join the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park. The valley is part of the Yellowstone River watershed.
U.S. Route 212, the Beartooth Highway, passes through the center of Cooke City, leading southwest into Yellowstone National Park, and east over 8,040-foot (2,450 m) Colter Pass in the eastern part of the CDP to continue southeast back into Wyoming in the valley of the Clarks Fork Yellowstone River and thence into the Beartooth Mountains.
Climate edit
Cooke City has a subarctic climate (Dfc) or subalpine climate due its extremely high elevation, at 7,580 feet (2,310 m), with only two months averaging above 50 °F (10 °C). Summers consist of mild to warm days with crisp, cool mornings, and winters are long and very cold, with many nights falling below zero. Snowfall is abundant, with most of it falling between the months of October to May, though snow does occasionally fall in the months of June and September. Cooke City is listed as the snowiest community in Montana.[5]
| Climate data for Cooke City, Montana, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1946–2013[a] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 48 (9) |
54 (12) |
58 (14) |
74 (23) |
80 (27) |
88 (31) |
100 (38) |
90 (32) |
86 (30) |
85 (29) |
60 (16) |
47 (8) |
100 (38) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 37.8 (3.2) |
44.2 (6.8) |
51.4 (10.8) |
61.2 (16.2) |
71.1 (21.7) |
79.9 (26.6) |
84.9 (29.4) |
82.7 (28.2) |
77.1 (25.1) |
66.2 (19.0) |
48.1 (8.9) |
36.3 (2.4) |
85.3 (29.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 24.2 (−4.3) |
28.6 (−1.9) |
36.9 (2.7) |
43.4 (6.3) |
53.5 (11.9) |
63.9 (17.7) |
73.7 (23.2) |
71.1 (21.7) |
62.0 (16.7) |
47.0 (8.3) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
22.4 (−5.3) |
46.5 (8.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 15.0 (−9.4) |
18.0 (−7.8) |
25.3 (−3.7) |
32.2 (0.1) |
40.9 (4.9) |
49.2 (9.6) |
56.3 (13.5) |
54.4 (12.4) |
46.6 (8.1) |
35.5 (1.9) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
14.3 (−9.8) |
34.2 (1.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 5.8 (−14.6) |
7.4 (−13.7) |
13.7 (−10.2) |
21.0 (−6.1) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
34.5 (1.4) |
38.9 (3.8) |
37.7 (3.2) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
13.3 (−10.4) |
6.3 (−14.3) |
21.9 (−5.6) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −23.1 (−30.6) |
−24.5 (−31.4) |
−13.4 (−25.2) |
−0.4 (−18.0) |
14.5 (−9.7) |
25.6 (−3.6) |
30.6 (−0.8) |
28.7 (−1.8) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
5.8 (−14.6) |
−10.7 (−23.7) |
−22.7 (−30.4) |
−32.2 (−35.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −51 (−46) |
−47 (−44) |
−40 (−40) |
−18 (−28) |
1 (−17) |
16 (−9) |
22 (−6) |
12 (−11) |
3 (−16) |
−13 (−25) |
−36 (−38) |
−50 (−46) |
−51 (−46) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.23 (57) |
2.04 (52) |
1.94 (49) |
2.29 (58) |
2.85 (72) |
3.16 (80) |
1.97 (50) |
1.82 (46) |
1.74 (44) |
2.23 (57) |
2.17 (55) |
2.13 (54) |
26.57 (674) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 38.8 (99) |
29.7 (75) |
31.0 (79) |
22.4 (57) |
9.0 (23) |
3.4 (8.6) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
13.4 (34) |
26.5 (67) |
37.9 (96) |
213.1 (541.1) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 17.3 | 13.3 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 17.2 | 158.6 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 17.0 | 12.6 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 16.4 | 90.8 |
| Source 1: XMACIS2 (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010)[6] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Demographics edit
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 77 | — | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
Images of Cooke City, Montana
Notes edit
- ^ Records from January 1946 to October 1967 were at Yellowstone National Park's Northeast Entrance. From November 1967 to 2013 records were at a station approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the city.
References edit
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Cooke City Census Designated Place". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Cooke City CDP, Montana". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ "Cooke City". Montana Place Names Companion. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
- ^ "Average Annual Snowfall in Montana". currentresults.com. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ "xmACIS2". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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