What is the hottest month in Ashley?

July is the warmest month in Ashley, with an average high of 81.0°F.

What is the coldest month in Ashley?

January is the coldest month in Ashley, with an average low of 1.3°F.

What month does Ashley get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Ashley, with about 3.61 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Ashley in?

Ashley is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 5b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Ashley changed recently?

8.2% of Ashley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Ashley, ND

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ASHLEY, ND US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 5b USDA hardiness Zone 5b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Ashley has an annual average temperature of 41.3°F with about 20.7 inches of precipitation per year and 42.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 1.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.61 in) and January the driest (0.41 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

59°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

8,766

HDD/yr

Cooling need

222

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Ashley

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

30 of 366 (8.2%) of Ashley's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		10
1900s		18
1910s		11
1920s		39
1930s		80
1940s		23
1950s		27
1960s		21
1970s		14
1980s		31
1990s		22
2000s		29
2010s		21
2020s		20

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	20.0°F	1.3°F	10.6°F	0.41 in	7.9 in	7
February	24.4°F	5.4°F	14.9°F	0.51 in	6.0 in	7
March	36.7°F	17.0°F	26.9°F	0.90 in	7.5 in	8
April	52.0°F	29.2°F	40.6°F	1.49 in	4.6 in	9
May	65.0°F	42.3°F	53.6°F	3.18 in	—	12
June	74.6°F	53.3°F	64.0°F	3.61 in	—	13
July	81.0°F	58.3°F	69.6°F	3.29 in	—	11
August	79.7°F	55.9°F	67.8°F	2.58 in	—	9
September	70.6°F	46.0°F	58.3°F	2.00 in	—	8
October	54.7°F	32.2°F	43.4°F	1.76 in	2.3 in	9
November	38.5°F	19.0°F	28.8°F	0.50 in	4.9 in	6
December	25.3°F	8.2°F	16.7°F	0.51 in	9.2 in	6