Bynum, Montana | |
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Coordinates: 47°58′05″N112°18′59″W / 47.96806°N 112.31639°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Montana |
County | Teton |
Area | |
• Total | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2) |
• Land | 1.63 sq mi (4.22 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Elevation | 3,977 ft (1,212 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 28 |
• Density | 17.20/sq mi (6.64/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
Area code | 406 |
GNIS feature ID | 2583794 [2] |
Bynum is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Teton County, Montana, United States, approximately 13 miles north of Choteau. Its population was 31 as of the 2010 census. [3]
Bynum is the site of a one-room country school, a general store, post office, an agate shop, and Two Medicine Dinosaur Center, which provides displays and educational programs about dinosaurs.
The town's name is derived from the surname of a family of early settlers in the area. [4] The post office was established in 1885. [5] In 1908 work on the Bynum Reservoir began. [4]
In 2017, the NBC Today Show produced a segment highlighting Bynum's school and its tradition of starting each school day with a song and a dance. [6]
Climate data for Bynum, Montana, 1991–2020 normals | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 36.0 (2.2) | 35.8 (2.1) | 43.6 (6.4) | 51.3 (10.7) | 61.6 (16.4) | 70.5 (21.4) | 80.3 (26.8) | 79.3 (26.3) | 69.6 (20.9) | 55.0 (12.8) | 43.0 (6.1) | 34.5 (1.4) | 55.0 (12.8) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.2 (−3.8) | 25.5 (−3.6) | 32.2 (0.1) | 40.3 (4.6) | 50.2 (10.1) | 58.5 (14.7) | 66.2 (19.0) | 65.4 (18.6) | 56.4 (13.6) | 43.5 (6.4) | 33.1 (0.6) | 25.4 (−3.7) | 43.5 (6.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 14.3 (−9.8) | 15.2 (−9.3) | 20.7 (−6.3) | 29.2 (−1.6) | 38.8 (3.8) | 46.5 (8.1) | 52.1 (11.2) | 51.4 (10.8) | 43.2 (6.2) | 32.0 (0.0) | 23.1 (−4.9) | 16.3 (−8.7) | 31.9 (0.0) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.60 (15) | 0.43 (11) | 1.06 (27) | 2.11 (54) | 2.64 (67) | 2.49 (63) | 1.55 (39) | 1.32 (34) | 1.19 (30) | 1.02 (26) | 0.49 (12) | 0.44 (11) | 15.34 (389) |
Source: NOAA [7] |
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2010 | 31 | — | |
2020 | 28 | −9.7% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [8] |
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