Medicine Lake, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEW HOPE, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Medicine Lake has an annual average temperature of 45.7°F with about 34.7 inches of precipitation per year and 54.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 7.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.64 in) and January the driest (0.95 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Medicine Lake
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →89 of 366 (24.3%) of Medicine 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.
| 1960s | 4 | |
| 1970s | 45 | |
| 1980s | 84 | |
| 1990s | 50 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 64 | |
| 2020s | 62 |
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 | 23.6°F | 7.0°F | 15.3°F | 0.95 in | 10.1 in | 10 |
| February | 28.8°F | 10.8°F | 19.8°F | 1.02 in | 10.1 in | 8 |
| March | 41.9°F | 22.8°F | 32.4°F | 1.88 in | 9.0 in | 9 |
| April | 56.7°F | 35.2°F | 45.9°F | 3.31 in | 5.1 in | 11 |
| May | 69.0°F | 47.7°F | 58.4°F | 4.49 in | — | 13 |
| June | 78.2°F | 58.1°F | 68.2°F | 4.64 in | — | 12 |
| July | 82.3°F | 63.1°F | 72.7°F | 4.51 in | — | 11 |
| August | 79.7°F | 60.8°F | 70.3°F | 4.18 in | — | 9 |
| September | 71.8°F | 52.4°F | 62.1°F | 3.45 in | — | 10 |
| October | 57.4°F | 39.0°F | 48.2°F | 2.98 in | 0.8 in | 10 |
| November | 41.4°F | 25.8°F | 33.6°F | 1.87 in | 6.9 in | 8 |
| December | 28.5°F | 13.6°F | 21.0°F | 1.40 in | 12.3 in | 10 |
Climate twins of Medicine Lake
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).