Carrington, ND Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Carrington's primary NOAA station, CARRINGTON - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Carrington
Winter sets the terms in Carrington, North Dakota. A pronounced 59.6°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 40°F. July is the warmest month at 68°F and January the coldest at 9°F.
- 40°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 141 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Carrington: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00321360 · Carrington, ND 40°F mean
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COLD 40°F
- RANK-COOL #343
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mahnomen
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 60°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 9,494 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00321360
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mahnomen, MN (+ 0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every ND station list.
- Carrington (this station) 40°F
- Cold Kenmare, ND 40°F
- Hot Towner, ND 40°F
- Near Mahnomen, MN 40°F
- Near Thief Rvr Falls, MN 40°F
Carrington sits in North Dakota, the #2 coldest U.S. state at 41.0°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Carrington
Carrington: 13/100 · grade F
Carrington publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Carrington, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 141 days/year | 19/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 190 calendar days | 19/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.8°F · 27.7° from 67.5°F | 4/100 · F |
Carrington · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Carrington sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Carrington are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 95%
- Among 6,861 stations, Carrington sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Carrington is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°F (-8°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 21°F (-6°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | N/A | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | N/A | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (10°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | N/A | 21.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | N/A | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 74°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 67°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | N/A | 2.0 | 0.5 |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | N/A | 17.1 | 0.1 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | N/A | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-6°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 30, short of 90°F on every date, while 190 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -1°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 23, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 190 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
September 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Carrington.
Where Carrington Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 190 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Carrington earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
141 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,494
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
345
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Carrington on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (40°F here).
- New York Mills, MN 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Red Lake Falls, MN 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Butternut, WI 40°F · 0.1°F off
- Cloquet, MN 40°F · 0.1°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Carrington's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Carrington logs 9,494 heating degree days, more than twice its 345 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 59.6°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 141 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
Carrington's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 59.6°F between them. The annual average is 40°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Carrington's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Carrington's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Carrington, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Carrington's primary station: CARRINGTON (USC00321360). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Carrington area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3812340). Match rule for Carrington: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Carrington comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.