Moorhead, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MOORHEAD, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Moorhead has an annual average temperature of 42.2°F with about 26.1 inches of precipitation per year and 52.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low -0.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.66 in) and February the driest (0.72 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Moorhead
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All-time records →33 of 366 (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.
| 1990s | 155 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 116 |
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 | 17.2°F | -0.3°F | 8.4°F | 0.73 in | 12.2 in | 9 |
| February | 22.6°F | 3.9°F | 13.3°F | 0.72 in | 7.7 in | 7 |
| March | 36.6°F | 17.7°F | 27.1°F | 1.33 in | 9.3 in | 8 |
| April | 54.1°F | 31.8°F | 42.9°F | 1.72 in | 4.0 in | 8 |
| May | 68.5°F | 45.2°F | 56.8°F | 3.40 in | — | 12 |
| June | 77.8°F | 56.4°F | 67.1°F | 4.66 in | — | 12 |
| July | 81.8°F | 60.7°F | 71.2°F | 3.37 in | — | 10 |
| August | 80.5°F | 58.5°F | 69.5°F | 2.74 in | — | 9 |
| September | 71.5°F | 48.5°F | 60.0°F | 2.94 in | — | 9 |
| October | 55.2°F | 35.5°F | 45.4°F | 2.51 in | 0.7 in | 9 |
| November | 37.8°F | 21.1°F | 29.4°F | 1.05 in | 8.0 in | 8 |
| December | 23.2°F | 7.6°F | 15.4°F | 0.92 in | 10.8 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Moorhead
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