Portal, ND
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NORTHGATE 5 ESE, ND US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Portal has an annual average temperature of 37.9°F with about 15.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 78.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low -2.0°F). June is typically the wettest month (3.70 in) and February the driest (0.37 in).
Best time to visit Portal
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All-time records →239 of 366 (65.3%) of Portal'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.
| 2000s | 54 | |
| 2010s | 171 | |
| 2020s | 141 |
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 | 18.1°F | -2.0°F | 8.0°F | 0.40 in | — | 8 |
| February | 20.9°F | 1.3°F | 11.1°F | 0.37 in | — | 8 |
| March | 33.2°F | 13.6°F | 23.4°F | 0.63 in | — | 7 |
| April | 51.7°F | 26.5°F | 39.1°F | 0.91 in | — | 8 |
| May | 64.9°F | 38.3°F | 51.6°F | 2.27 in | — | 10 |
| June | 72.7°F | 49.1°F | 60.9°F | 3.70 in | — | 12 |
| July | 78.1°F | 52.7°F | 65.4°F | 2.51 in | — | 9 |
| August | 78.3°F | 50.2°F | 64.3°F | 1.37 in | — | 8 |
| September | 68.5°F | 41.0°F | 54.7°F | 1.49 in | — | 8 |
| October | 52.3°F | 28.0°F | 40.1°F | 1.04 in | — | 7 |
| November | 34.1°F | 14.6°F | 24.3°F | 0.54 in | — | 8 |
| December | 21.3°F | 3.0°F | 12.1°F | 0.46 in | — | 10 |
Climate twins of Portal
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