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Note: Here's how Silver/Fischer-Baum describe the scoring:Number 1: Rapid City, South DakotaHigher values indicate more unpredictability:
• Scores in the 80s or above indicate very high unpredictability. • Scores in the 70s indicate above-average unpredictability. • Scores in the 60s indicate average unpredictability. • Scores in the 50s indicate comparatively predictable weather patterns. • Scores in the 40s or below indicate highly predictable weather.
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Temperature: 95
Precipitation: 66
Severe weather: 88
Unpredictability index: 84
Number 2: Great Falls, Montana
Temperature: 103
Precipitation: 65
Severe weather: 81
Unpredictability index: 83
Number 3: Houghton, Michigan
Temperature: 73
Precipitation: 107
Severe weather: 69
Unpredictability index: 82
Continue for more about cities whose weather is way more unpredictable than Denver's, as well as figures from three Colorado cities. Number 4: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Temperature: 90
Precipitation: 74
Severe weather: 79
Unpredictability index: 81
Number 5: Fargo, North Dakota
Temperature: 94
Precipitation: 79
Severe weather: 70
Unpredictability index: 80
Number 6: Duluth, Minnesota
Temperature: 83
Precipitation: 85
Severe weather: 73
Unpredictability index: 80
Continue for more about cities whose weather is way more unpredictable than Denver's, as well as figures from three Colorado cities. Number 7: Bismarck, North Dakota
Temperature: 96
Precipitation: 73
Severe weather: 73
Unpredictability index: 80
Number 8: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Temperature: 94
Precipitation: 72
Severe weather: 75
Unpredictability index: 80
Number 9: Grand Island, Nebraska
Temperature: 87
Precipitation: 67
Severe weather: 82
Unpredictability index: 79
Continue for more about cities whose weather is way more unpredictable than Denver's, as well as figures from three Colorado cities. Number 10: Glasgow, Montana
Temperature: 98
Precipitation: 65
Severe weather: 71
Unpredictability index: 77
Number 11: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Temperature: 81
Precipitation: 64
Severe weather: 85
Unpredictability index: 77
Number 12: LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Temperature: 83
Precipitation: 82
Severe weather: 68
Unpredictability index: 77
Continue for figures from three Colorado cities. Here's how the three Colorado cities finished in the Silver/Fischer-Baum weather-unpredictability sweepstakes:
Number 50: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Temperature: 74
Precipitation: 59
Severe weather: 77
Unpredictability index: 71
Number 79: Denver, Colorado
Temperature: 79
Precipitation: 52
Severe weather: 67
Unpredictability index: 66
Number 97: Grand Junction, Colorado:
Temperature: 58
Precipitation: 52
Severe weather: 62
Unpredictability index: 57
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