Cedar, Minnesota climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cedar's normal year runs from 6°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 34.4 inches of precipitation and 64 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.1°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 27°C, 873 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCedar
- Station IDUSC00211390
- Location45.32°N 93.28°W
- Elevation907 ft (277 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Cedar is 54°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cedar.
- Jan 23° 6°
- Feb 28° 10°
- Mar 41° 22°
- Apr 56° 35°
- May 69° 47°
- Jun 77° 56°
- Jul 80° 62°
- Aug 78° 59°
- Sep 71° 51°
- Oct 57° 39°
- Nov 41° 25°
- Dec 27° 13°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Cedar each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 6°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.79 in), the least in January (0.87 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°F | 6°F | 14.2°F | 0.87 | 13.8 | 10 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 28°F | 10°F | 18.8°F | 1.00 | 10.7 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 41°F | 22°F | 31.2°F | 1.83 | 11.2 | 9 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 35°F | 45.5°F | 3.32 | 4.1 | 10 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 58.1°F | 4.26 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 77°F | 56°F | 66.4°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h 40 min |
| July | 80°F | 62°F | 70.9°F | 4.79 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 78°F | 59°F | 68.7°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 71°F | 51°F | 61.3°F | 3.08 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 39°F | 47.9°F | 3.10 | 0.9 | 10 | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 25°F | 32.8°F | 1.92 | 12.7 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 27°F | 13°F | 20.2°F | 1.52 | 10.5 | 9 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 35°F | 44.7°F | 34.38 | 63.9 | 123 | 4 | 162 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −15°C | −9.9°C | 22 mm | 35 cm |
| February | −2°C | −12°C | −7.3°C | 25 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.4°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 84 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 21°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 13°C | 19.1°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 11°C | 16.3°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 8.8°C | 79 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.4°C | 49 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −3°C | −11°C | −6.6°C | 39 mm | 27 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00211390; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Cedar?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00211390.
When is the last frost at Cedar?
In Cedar, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 7 in half of years and before September 23 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 11 year in 10 after May 17; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 71 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 158 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 180 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 20 in half of springs and before October 19 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cedar in zone 4b in ZIP code 55011, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00211390; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Cedar?
In a normal year in Cedar, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 162 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 123 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 162a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 77high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 123a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 21a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 103°F, on July 15, 1988; the lowest is −40°F, on January 9, 1977.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 45.79 in; the snowiest season is 1991–92, with 102.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00211390; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00211390. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cedar?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cedar, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (61%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 1.8 |
| February | 79% | 2.9 |
| March | 74% | 3.9 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.3 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 75% | 4.0 |
| October | 67% | 2.6 |
| November | 65% | 1.6 |
| December | 61% | 1.2 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Cedar record?
A normal year at Cedar brings 7,905 heating degree days, 47% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 535 cooling degree days, 41% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,515 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,575 | 0 |
| February | 1,293 | 0 |
| March | 1,046 | 0 |
| April | 590 | 4 |
| May | 245 | 31 |
| June | 65 | 108 |
| July | 13 | 194 |
| August | 27 | 142 |
| September | 163 | 51 |
| October | 535 | 4 |
| November | 964 | 0 |
| December | 1,389 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,905 | 535 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00211390. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Cedar's climate compare?
Cedar is warmer than 96 of the 129 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 104. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.7°F is warmer than 18%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cedar is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Cedar share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- East Bethel, MN12,288 people · 4 mi NE
- Oak Grove, MN9,327 people · 3 mi NW
- St. Francis, MN8,523 people · 7 mi NW
- Bethel, MN480 people · 6 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Cedar's climate
What is the coldest month at Cedar?
January, with a normal high of 23°F and a normal low of 6°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow at Cedar?
Yes: 64 inches in a normal year, falling on 35 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (13.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cedar?
July, with 4.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.87 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cedar in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cedar in zone 4b in ZIP code 55011, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Cedar?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 17. Waiting until May 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Andover, MN5 miles from this station, 43.6°F a year
- Elk River, MN15 miles from this station, 44.0°F a year
- Cambridge, MN16 miles from this station, 44.1°F a year
- Minneapolis Crystal Airport, MN18 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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