La Crescent, MN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LA CRESCENT DAM 7, MN US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

La Crescent has an annual average temperature of 48.1°F with about 37.6 inches of precipitation per year and 37.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 11.7°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.44 in) and January the driest (1.17 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
4 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
55.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,723
Cooling need
651

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

141 of 366 (38.5%) of La Crescent'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.

1930s
18
1940s
69
1950s
1
1960s
8
1970s
35
1980s
1
1990s
0
2000s
0
2010s
157
2020s
77

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 25.5°F 11.7°F 18.6°F 1.17 in 11.2 in 8
February 30.1°F 14.5°F 22.3°F 1.17 in 8.4 in 6
March 42.1°F 27.0°F 34.6°F 1.93 in 5.7 in 8
April 56.9°F 40.2°F 48.6°F 4.07 in 1.6 in 11
May 68.2°F 51.5°F 59.9°F 5.07 in 12
June 78.0°F 62.6°F 70.3°F 5.44 in 11
July 81.8°F 66.8°F 74.3°F 4.21 in 9
August 79.6°F 64.5°F 72.1°F 4.31 in 9
September 71.6°F 55.8°F 63.7°F 3.87 in 9
October 58.5°F 44.4°F 51.5°F 2.97 in 0.1 in 9
November 43.0°F 30.9°F 37.0°F 1.98 in 1.2 in 7
December 30.1°F 19.3°F 24.7°F 1.44 in 9.7 in 8

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