Center, ND Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Center's primary NOAA station, CENTER 4SE.
The climate verdict for Center
Winter sets the terms in Center, North Dakota. A pronounced 56°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 43°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 43°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 18.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 141 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Center: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00321456 · Center, ND 43°F mean · 18.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #755
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fairfield
- PRCP-DRY 18.9"
- SWING-WIDE 56°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,589 HDD
- STN-1 USC00321456
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fairfield, ND ( -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.
- Center (this station) 43°F
- Near Fairfield, ND 43°F
- Near Solon Springs, WI 43°F
- Near Wild Rvr State…, MN 43°F
- Cold Astoria, SD 42°F
Center 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 · Center
Center: 24/100 · grade F
Center publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Center, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 18.9 in · 16.1 from 35 in | 43/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 176 calendar days | 28/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 141 days/year | 19/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.6°F · 24.9° from 67.5°F | 11/100 · F |
Center · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Center is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 13.7°F and warmest-month mean 69.7°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.7°F
- Coldest month
- 13.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Center sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Center's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 89%
- Among 6,861 stations, Center sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 74%
- Center's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Center is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Center compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Center's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Center's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 47 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2022, CENTER 4SE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.17°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Center primary station fitted change +0.17 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°F (-5°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 0.5" | 30.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.5" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 0.8" | 28.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 18.1 | 0.1 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.8" | 6.2 | 0.3 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.5" | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 6.5 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.1" | 3.5 | 1.8 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.4" | 17.9 | 0.1 |
| November | 38°F (4°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 26°F (-3°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 176 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 4°F near January 13.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 176 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
August 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 Center.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Center runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Center's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is June at 3.5", on a wide 56°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: June, May, July, taking 48% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 0.5".
- Winter share: 8% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
141 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,589
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
447
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Center 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 (43°F here).
- Alamosa, CO 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Baldwin, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Boulder, MT 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Gorham, NH 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (18.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Garden City, KS 18.9" · 0.0" off
- Enterprise, OR 19.0" · 0.0" off
- Yreka, CA 18.9" · 0.0" off
- Chappell, NE 19.0" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Center's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Center logs 8,589 heating degree days, more than twice its 447 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 56.0°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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 56.0°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 43°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Center.
Center's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 18.9 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Center'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 Center, 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 Center's primary station: CENTER 4SE (USC00321456). 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 3813180). Match rule for Center: 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 Center 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.