What is the hottest month in Minneapolis?

July is the warmest month in Minneapolis, with an average high of 93.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Minneapolis?

January is the coldest month in Minneapolis, with an average low of 18.2°F.

What month does Minneapolis get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Minneapolis, with about 5.17 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Minneapolis in?

Minneapolis is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Minneapolis changed recently?

8.7% of Minneapolis'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.

Minneapolis, KS

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MINNEAPOLIS, KS US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Minneapolis has an annual average temperature of 55°F with about 31.7 inches of precipitation per year and 17.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 93.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.2°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.17 in) and January the driest (0.86 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

51.5°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,908

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,320

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Minneapolis

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

32 of 366 (8.7%) of Minneapolis'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		20
1900s		10
1910s		24
1920s		25
1930s		89
1940s		20
1950s		32
1960s		13
1970s		16
1980s		23
1990s		21
2000s		27
2010s		26
2020s		20

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	40.4°F	18.2°F	29.3°F	0.86 in	4.7 in	5
February	45.8°F	21.3°F	33.5°F	1.16 in	3.4 in	6
March	57.0°F	30.6°F	43.8°F	1.92 in	2.2 in	8
April	67.1°F	40.7°F	53.9°F	2.42 in	0.9 in	9
May	76.7°F	52.7°F	64.7°F	5.17 in	—	11
June	87.7°F	63.2°F	75.4°F	3.98 in	—	9
July	93.3°F	68.2°F	80.8°F	4.40 in	—	10
August	90.6°F	65.6°F	78.1°F	4.20 in	—	10
September	82.6°F	56.8°F	69.7°F	2.69 in	—	7
October	69.6°F	43.4°F	56.5°F	2.39 in	0.3 in	7
November	55.0°F	30.6°F	42.8°F	1.24 in	1.6 in	6
December	42.6°F	21.3°F	31.9°F	1.29 in	4.5 in	6