Moorhead, IA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CASTANA EXP FARM, IA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Moorhead has an annual average temperature of 48.2°F with about 32.1 inches of precipitation per year and 28.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 83.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.84 in) and January the driest (0.63 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Moorhead
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →18 of 366 (4.9%) of Moorhead'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.
| 1940s | 11 | |
| 1950s | 54 | |
| 1960s | 44 | |
| 1970s | 47 | |
| 1980s | 71 | |
| 1990s | 43 | |
| 2000s | 48 | |
| 2010s | 48 |
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 | 28.6°F | 10.3°F | 19.5°F | 0.63 in | 7.1 in | 5 |
| February | 33.4°F | 14.3°F | 23.9°F | 0.71 in | 7.2 in | 5 |
| March | 46.8°F | 25.5°F | 36.1°F | 1.69 in | 4.2 in | 7 |
| April | 59.8°F | 36.6°F | 48.2°F | 3.32 in | 1.7 in | 10 |
| May | 70.6°F | 49.4°F | 60.0°F | 4.66 in | — | 13 |
| June | 80.2°F | 59.7°F | 70.0°F | 4.84 in | — | 11 |
| July | 83.7°F | 63.7°F | 73.7°F | 4.02 in | — | 10 |
| August | 81.6°F | 61.1°F | 71.3°F | 4.23 in | — | 9 |
| September | 75.3°F | 52.6°F | 63.9°F | 3.05 in | — | 8 |
| October | 62.7°F | 39.6°F | 51.2°F | 2.43 in | 0.7 in | 7 |
| November | 46.5°F | 26.3°F | 36.4°F | 1.50 in | 2.0 in | 5 |
| December | 33.0°F | 16.1°F | 24.5°F | 1.03 in | 5.7 in | 6 |
Climate twins of Moorhead
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).