What is the hottest month in Taconite?

July is the warmest month in Taconite, with an average high of 79.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Taconite?

January is the coldest month in Taconite, with an average low of -1.5°F.

What month does Taconite get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Taconite, with about 4.70 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Taconite in?

Taconite is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 5a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Taconite changed recently?

12.6% of Taconite'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.

Taconite, MN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GRAND RPDS FOREST LAB, MN US.

Dfb Warm-summer humid continental climate 5a USDA hardiness Zone 5a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Taconite has an annual average temperature of 40.1°F with about 29.4 inches of precipitation per year and 59.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 79.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low -1.5°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.70 in) and February the driest (0.85 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

58.9°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

9,045

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

46 of 366 (12.6%) of Taconite'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.

1910s		12
1920s		50
1930s		53
1940s		26
1950s		19
1960s		15
1970s		18
1980s		37
1990s		43
2000s		28
2010s		35
2020s		30

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	18.9°F	-1.5°F	8.7°F	0.97 in	12.2 in	11
February	25.7°F	2.1°F	13.9°F	0.85 in	9.7 in	9
March	38.8°F	15.4°F	27.1°F	1.33 in	7.5 in	8
April	52.6°F	28.0°F	40.3°F	2.10 in	5.6 in	10
May	66.1°F	40.2°F	53.2°F	3.23 in	0.2 in	13
June	75.2°F	50.5°F	62.9°F	4.70 in	—	14
July	79.7°F	55.4°F	67.6°F	4.14 in	—	12
August	77.8°F	53.2°F	65.5°F	3.40 in	—	10
September	68.1°F	44.7°F	56.4°F	3.05 in	—	11
October	52.8°F	33.3°F	43.1°F	2.79 in	2.0 in	11
November	36.1°F	20.1°F	28.1°F	1.59 in	9.0 in	11
December	23.1°F	6.5°F	14.8°F	1.23 in	13.4 in	12