What is the hottest month in Canton City (Hensel)?

July is the warmest month in Canton City (Hensel), with an average high of 77.5°F.

What is the coldest month in Canton City (Hensel)?

January is the coldest month in Canton City (Hensel), with an average low of -4.3°F.

What month does Canton City (Hensel) get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Canton City (Hensel), with about 3.77 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Canton City (Hensel) in?

Canton City (Hensel) is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 5a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Canton City (Hensel) changed recently?

10.9% of Canton City (Hensel)'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.

Canton City (Hensel), ND

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CAVALIER 7NW, ND US.

Dwb Monsoon continental (warm summer) climate 5a USDA hardiness Zone 5a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Canton City (Hensel) has an annual average temperature of 38.2°F with about 20 inches of precipitation per year and 39.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 77.5°F), and the coldest is January (average low -4.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.77 in) and January the driest (0.34 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

62.7°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

9,741

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

40 of 366 (10.9%) of Canton City (Hensel)'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.

1920s		0
1930s		48
1940s		57
1950s		41
1960s		39
1970s		25
1980s		48
1990s		36
2000s		20
2010s		30
2020s		22

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	13.2°F	-4.3°F	4.4°F	0.34 in	7.4 in	5
February	18.0°F	-1.0°F	8.5°F	0.34 in	4.6 in	4
March	30.7°F	13.4°F	22.1°F	0.71 in	5.7 in	5
April	49.3°F	28.5°F	38.9°F	1.11 in	3.4 in	5
May	64.5°F	40.9°F	52.7°F	2.87 in	0.9 in	10
June	73.6°F	52.7°F	63.2°F	3.77 in	—	12
July	77.5°F	56.6°F	67.1°F	3.44 in	—	11
August	77.4°F	53.5°F	65.5°F	2.25 in	—	9
September	68.2°F	44.7°F	56.5°F	2.31 in	—	8
October	51.8°F	32.3°F	42.1°F	1.66 in	2.5 in	7
November	33.6°F	17.3°F	25.5°F	0.72 in	5.9 in	5
December	19.5°F	3.3°F	11.4°F	0.50 in	8.7 in	6