What is the hottest month in Waseca?

July is the warmest month in Waseca, with an average high of 81.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Waseca?

January is the coldest month in Waseca, with an average low of 4.8°F.

What month does Waseca get the most rain?

June is typically the wettest month in Waseca, with about 5.38 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Waseca in?

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

Has the climate in Waseca changed recently?

12.3% of Waseca'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.

Waseca, MN

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from WASECA S RSCH & OUTREACH CTR, MN US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Waseca has an annual average temperature of 44.6°F with about 37.9 inches of precipitation per year and 52.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 81.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 4.8°F). June is typically the wettest month (5.38 in) and February the driest (1.20 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.

Pleasant months

3 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

58.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

7,755

HDD/yr

Cooling need

414

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

45 of 366 (12.3%) of Waseca'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		3
1920s		44
1930s		85
1940s		31
1950s		23
1960s		17
1970s		16
1980s		33
1990s		23
2000s		28
2010s		31
2020s		32

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	21.7°F	4.8°F	13.2°F	1.27 in	10.7 in	9
February	26.4°F	8.7°F	17.5°F	1.20 in	10.8 in	8
March	39.1°F	22.3°F	30.7°F	2.25 in	9.0 in	10
April	55.2°F	34.9°F	45.1°F	3.30 in	3.0 in	12
May	68.1°F	47.8°F	57.9°F	4.47 in	0.4 in	14
June	78.3°F	58.6°F	68.4°F	5.38 in	—	13
July	81.3°F	61.4°F	71.4°F	4.93 in	—	11
August	79.1°F	59.0°F	69.0°F	4.82 in	—	11
September	72.9°F	50.4°F	61.6°F	4.12 in	—	10
October	58.7°F	36.9°F	47.8°F	2.77 in	0.7 in	10
November	41.4°F	24.4°F	32.9°F	1.89 in	5.8 in	8
December	27.5°F	12.1°F	19.8°F	1.50 in	11.9 in	9