Owatonna, MN
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from OWATONNA, MN US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Owatonna has an annual average temperature of 44.8°F with about 35.5 inches of precipitation per year and 44.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 5.1°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.28 in) and January the driest (0.87 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Owatonna
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →62 of 366 (16.9%) of Owatonna'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 | 41 | |
| 1970s | 45 | |
| 1980s | 96 | |
| 1990s | 55 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 47 | |
| 2020s | 42 |
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 | 22.2°F | 5.1°F | 13.7°F | 0.87 in | 9.5 in | 7 |
| February | 26.8°F | 9.2°F | 18.0°F | 0.89 in | 10.2 in | 6 |
| March | 39.6°F | 21.8°F | 30.7°F | 1.99 in | 6.8 in | 8 |
| April | 55.3°F | 34.2°F | 44.8°F | 3.18 in | 2.6 in | 11 |
| May | 67.7°F | 46.6°F | 57.1°F | 4.61 in | 0.5 in | 12 |
| June | 78.3°F | 58.0°F | 68.1°F | 5.28 in | — | 12 |
| July | 81.7°F | 62.0°F | 71.8°F | 4.79 in | — | 10 |
| August | 79.4°F | 59.6°F | 69.5°F | 4.84 in | — | 10 |
| September | 72.8°F | 51.4°F | 62.1°F | 3.80 in | — | 9 |
| October | 58.7°F | 37.9°F | 48.3°F | 2.48 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| November | 41.6°F | 25.1°F | 33.3°F | 1.65 in | 3.1 in | 6 |
| December | 27.9°F | 12.7°F | 20.3°F | 1.08 in | 11.2 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Owatonna
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).