Federal Dam, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LEECH LAKE, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Federal Dam has an annual average temperature of 40.7°F with about 26.6 inches of precipitation per year and 48.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low -2.3°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.37 in) and January the driest (0.68 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
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All-time records →22 of 366 (6%) of Federal Dam'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 | 8 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 28 | |
| 1930s | 59 | |
| 1940s | 22 | |
| 1950s | 26 | |
| 1960s | 25 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 42 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 20 | |
| 2010s | 22 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
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 | 17.6°F | -2.3°F | 7.7°F | 0.68 in | 9.3 in | 6 |
| February | 23.8°F | 1.2°F | 12.5°F | 0.68 in | 7.2 in | 5 |
| March | 37.4°F | 15.1°F | 26.2°F | 1.11 in | 6.8 in | 6 |
| April | 51.8°F | 29.4°F | 40.6°F | 1.86 in | 5.9 in | 7 |
| May | 66.1°F | 42.7°F | 54.4°F | 2.91 in | — | 12 |
| June | 75.4°F | 53.5°F | 64.4°F | 3.82 in | — | 13 |
| July | 79.8°F | 58.3°F | 69.1°F | 4.37 in | — | 12 |
| August | 78.2°F | 55.9°F | 67.1°F | 3.20 in | — | 10 |
| September | 69.3°F | 47.1°F | 58.2°F | 3.13 in | — | 11 |
| October | 54.1°F | 35.0°F | 44.5°F | 2.51 in | 1.1 in | 10 |
| November | 36.4°F | 21.3°F | 28.9°F | 1.22 in | 6.8 in | 7 |
| December | 23.1°F | 6.8°F | 15.0°F | 1.09 in | 11.1 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Federal Dam
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