Clear Lake, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ST CLOUD RGNL AP, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Clear Lake has an annual average temperature of 42.9°F with about 28.5 inches of precipitation per year and 47.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 2.9°F). August is typically the wettest month (4.00 in) and January the driest (0.67 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Clear Lake
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →70 of 366 (19.1%) of Clear Lake'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.
| 1900s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 9 | |
| 1940s | 55 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 30 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 56 | |
| 1990s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 33 | |
| 2010s | 43 | |
| 2020s | 51 |
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 | 20.7°F | 2.9°F | 11.8°F | 0.67 in | 8.8 in | 8 |
| February | 25.7°F | 6.5°F | 16.1°F | 0.76 in | 8.9 in | 6 |
| March | 38.5°F | 19.8°F | 29.2°F | 1.57 in | 8.2 in | 8 |
| April | 54.3°F | 32.4°F | 43.3°F | 2.61 in | 4.7 in | 10 |
| May | 67.8°F | 44.6°F | 56.2°F | 3.66 in | 0.1 in | 11 |
| June | 77.2°F | 54.8°F | 66.0°F | 3.75 in | — | 12 |
| July | 81.6°F | 58.9°F | 70.3°F | 3.60 in | — | 11 |
| August | 79.2°F | 56.3°F | 67.7°F | 4.00 in | — | 9 |
| September | 71.0°F | 48.0°F | 59.5°F | 3.01 in | — | 10 |
| October | 55.9°F | 35.5°F | 45.7°F | 2.61 in | 1.0 in | 10 |
| November | 39.3°F | 22.6°F | 30.9°F | 1.37 in | 6.9 in | 7 |
| December | 25.8°F | 9.8°F | 17.8°F | 0.88 in | 9.3 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Clear Lake
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).