Forest Lake, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FOREST LAKE 5NE, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Forest Lake has an annual average temperature of 44.9°F with about 33.1 inches of precipitation per year and 51.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 3.0°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.70 in) and January the driest (0.88 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Forest Lake
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →74 of 366 (20.2%) of Forest 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.
| 1950s | 1 | |
| 1960s | 29 | |
| 1970s | 4 | |
| 1980s | 56 | |
| 1990s | 72 | |
| 2000s | 81 | |
| 2010s | 75 | |
| 2020s | 48 |
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 | 24.2°F | 3.0°F | 13.6°F | 0.88 in | 9.6 in | 8 |
| February | 30.1°F | 6.3°F | 18.2°F | 0.90 in | 9.3 in | 6 |
| March | 43.0°F | 18.9°F | 31.0°F | 1.70 in | 9.2 in | 8 |
| April | 57.6°F | 32.6°F | 45.1°F | 3.00 in | 3.7 in | 10 |
| May | 69.8°F | 45.4°F | 57.6°F | 4.36 in | — | 12 |
| June | 79.1°F | 56.0°F | 67.6°F | 4.48 in | — | 13 |
| July | 83.4°F | 60.2°F | 71.8°F | 4.70 in | — | 11 |
| August | 81.5°F | 58.3°F | 69.9°F | 4.03 in | — | 10 |
| September | 73.7°F | 50.0°F | 61.9°F | 3.18 in | — | 10 |
| October | 59.9°F | 37.1°F | 48.5°F | 2.91 in | 0.6 in | 10 |
| November | 43.0°F | 23.6°F | 33.3°F | 1.80 in | 7.4 in | 7 |
| December | 28.9°F | 10.7°F | 19.8°F | 1.17 in | 11.8 in | 8 |
Climate twins of Forest Lake
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).