What is the hottest month in Manchester?

July is the warmest month in Manchester, with an average high of 81.6°F.

What is the coldest month in Manchester?

January is the coldest month in Manchester, with an average low of 5.9°F.

What month does Manchester get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Manchester, with about 5.44 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Manchester in?

Manchester is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 6a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Manchester changed recently?

13.1% of Manchester'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.

Manchester, MN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALBERT LEA 3SE, MN US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Manchester has an annual average temperature of 45.2°F with about 35.8 inches of precipitation per year and 39.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 5.9°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.44 in) and February the driest (0.87 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

57.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,584

HDD/yr

Cooling need

459

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Manchester

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

48 of 366 (13.1%) of Manchester'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		11
1910s		24
1920s		25
1930s		64
1940s		35
1950s		28
1960s		16
1970s		10
1980s		32
1990s		21
2000s		24
2010s		28
2020s		38

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	22.5°F	5.9°F	14.2°F	0.89 in	8.9 in	7
February	27.1°F	9.8°F	18.5°F	0.87 in	9.8 in	6
March	39.6°F	22.8°F	31.2°F	1.94 in	6.6 in	8
April	55.1°F	35.5°F	45.3°F	3.74 in	2.8 in	11
May	68.0°F	48.1°F	58.1°F	4.85 in	0.3 in	13
June	78.3°F	59.0°F	68.7°F	5.44 in	—	12
July	81.6°F	62.5°F	72.0°F	4.81 in	—	11
August	79.2°F	59.9°F	69.6°F	4.27 in	—	10
September	73.0°F	51.1°F	62.0°F	3.71 in	—	9
October	58.9°F	37.7°F	48.3°F	2.58 in	0.3 in	10
November	42.1°F	25.3°F	33.7°F	1.54 in	2.7 in	7
December	28.3°F	13.4°F	20.9°F	1.13 in	8.1 in	7