What is the hottest month in Foreston?

July is the warmest month in Foreston, with an average high of 80.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Foreston?

January is the coldest month in Foreston, with an average low of 0.5°F.

What month does Foreston get the most rain?

July is typically the wettest month in Foreston, with about 4.39 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Foreston in?

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

Has the climate in Foreston changed recently?

9.6% of Foreston'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.

Foreston, MN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MILACA, MN US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Foreston has an annual average temperature of 41.8°F with about 30.8 inches of precipitation per year and 48.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low 0.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (4.39 in) and January the driest (0.77 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

2 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

58.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

8,550

HDD/yr

Cooling need

189

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

35 of 366 (9.6%) of Foreston'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		23
1910s		15
1920s		25
1930s		82
1940s		33
1950s		20
1960s		21
1970s		8
1980s		32
1990s		32
2000s		14
2010s		26
2020s		25

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	20.4°F	0.5°F	10.5°F	0.77 in	7.4 in	6
February	26.0°F	3.7°F	14.8°F	0.85 in	11.1 in	5
March	38.4°F	16.7°F	27.6°F	1.43 in	8.4 in	7
April	53.2°F	30.3°F	41.8°F	2.74 in	4.4 in	9
May	66.4°F	42.9°F	54.6°F	3.82 in	0.1 in	11
June	75.6°F	53.8°F	64.7°F	4.31 in	—	12
July	80.1°F	58.6°F	69.4°F	4.39 in	—	12
August	78.0°F	55.8°F	66.9°F	3.97 in	—	11
September	70.4°F	46.4°F	58.4°F	3.19 in	—	10
October	55.9°F	34.0°F	45.0°F	2.82 in	0.8 in	10
November	39.1°F	21.0°F	30.1°F	1.41 in	6.5 in	6
December	26.0°F	9.0°F	17.5°F	1.11 in	10.2 in	7