Jamestown, ND
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from JAMESTOWN STATE HOSP, ND US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Jamestown has an annual average temperature of 41.2°F with about 21.1 inches of precipitation per year and 46.1 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 0.4°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.62 in) and February the driest (0.46 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Jamestown
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →25 of 366 (6.8%) of Jamestown'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 | 7 | |
| 1900s | 41 | |
| 1910s | 21 | |
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 71 | |
| 1940s | 30 | |
| 1950s | 29 | |
| 1960s | 20 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 30 | |
| 1990s | 22 | |
| 2000s | 14 | |
| 2010s | 20 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
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 | 18.4°F | 0.4°F | 9.4°F | 0.50 in | 11.4 in | 6 |
| February | 23.0°F | 4.2°F | 13.6°F | 0.46 in | 7.4 in | 6 |
| March | 35.9°F | 16.7°F | 26.3°F | 0.74 in | 6.5 in | 5 |
| April | 52.7°F | 29.4°F | 41.0°F | 1.22 in | 2.5 in | 8 |
| May | 66.9°F | 42.5°F | 54.7°F | 3.44 in | 0.4 in | 12 |
| June | 76.5°F | 53.9°F | 65.2°F | 3.62 in | — | 13 |
| July | 81.6°F | 58.5°F | 70.1°F | 3.59 in | — | 11 |
| August | 80.3°F | 55.7°F | 68.0°F | 2.28 in | — | 8 |
| September | 71.2°F | 46.2°F | 58.7°F | 2.24 in | — | 8 |
| October | 54.8°F | 33.3°F | 44.0°F | 1.89 in | 1.9 in | 7 |
| November | 37.5°F | 19.3°F | 28.4°F | 0.52 in | 4.2 in | 6 |
| December | 23.6°F | 7.6°F | 15.6°F | 0.62 in | 11.8 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Jamestown
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