Cloquet, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Cloquet's normal year runs from 2°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 32.7 inches of precipitation and 71 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 4.3°C, January lows of −17°C, July highs of 26°C, 830 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCloquet
- Station IDUSC00211630
- Location46.71°N 92.52°W
- Elevation1,265 ft (386 m)
- Population12,475
On October 23, the normal high in Cloquet is 48°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 37%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cloquet.
- Jan 18° 2°
- Feb 24° 5°
- Mar 37° 16°
- Apr 50° 28°
- May 64° 38°
- Jun 74° 48°
- Jul 79° 54°
- Aug 76° 53°
- Sep 67° 46°
- Oct 52° 34°
- Nov 35° 22°
- Dec 23° 9°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Cloquet each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 2°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.75 in), the least in February (0.98 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F | 2°F | 9.9°F | 1.00 | 13.5 | 10 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 24°F | 5°F | 14.3°F | 0.98 | 13.5 | 8 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 16°F | 26.4°F | 1.44 | 10.3 | 9 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 50°F | 28°F | 39.1°F | 2.41 | 6.4 | 10 | <1 | 22 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 38°F | 51.4°F | 3.48 | 0.3 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 15 h |
| June | 74°F | 48°F | 60.7°F | 4.75 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 79°F | 54°F | 66.3°F | 4.33 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 76°F | 53°F | 64.6°F | 4.18 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 67°F | 46°F | 56.4°F | 3.56 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 52°F | 34°F | 43.0°F | 3.26 | 1.8 | 12 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| November | 35°F | 22°F | 28.4°F | 1.82 | 9.6 | 10 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 23°F | 9°F | 15.8°F | 1.46 | 15.9 | 11 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 50°F | 30°F | 39.7°F | 32.67 | 71.3 | 129 | 6 | 191 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8°C | −17°C | −12.3°C | 25 mm | 34 cm |
| February | −4°C | −15°C | −9.8°C | 25 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 3°C | −9°C | −3.1°C | 37 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10°C | −2°C | 3.9°C | 61 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 18°C | 4°C | 10.8°C | 88 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23°C | 9°C | 15.9°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 12°C | 19.1°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 12°C | 18.1°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20°C | 8°C | 13.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11°C | 1°C | 6.1°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 2°C | −6°C | −2.0°C | 46 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −5°C | −13°C | −9.0°C | 37 mm | 40 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00211630; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Cloquet?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (11).
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 USC00211630.
When is the last frost in Cloquet?
In Cloquet, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 26 in half of years and after June 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 23 in half of years and before September 9 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 261 year in 10 after June 9; 9 in 10 after May 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 231 year in 10 before September 9; 9 in 10 before October 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 118 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 142 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 12 in half of springs and before October 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cloquet in zone 4a in ZIP code 55720. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Cloquet's NOAA station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00211630; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 in Cloquet?
In a normal year in Cloquet, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 191 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 129 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 191a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 89high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 129a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 20a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 105°F, on July 13, 1936; the lowest is −45°F, on January 12, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 42.53 in; the snowiest season is 1950–51, with 113.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00211630; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00211630. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Cloquet?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Cloquet, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 1.6 |
| February | 76% | 2.7 |
| March | 73% | 3.8 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 68% | 5.4 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 72% | 3.8 |
| October | 65% | 2.4 |
| November | 63% | 1.5 |
| December | 60% | 1.1 |
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 much heating and cooling does Cloquet need?
A normal year in Cloquet brings 9,396 heating degree days, 75% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 211 cooling degree days, 77% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,680 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,706 | 0 |
| February | 1,420 | 0 |
| March | 1,195 | 0 |
| April | 776 | 0 |
| May | 428 | 5 |
| June | 161 | 31 |
| July | 53 | 92 |
| August | 79 | 67 |
| September | 275 | 17 |
| October | 682 | 0 |
| November | 1,097 | 0 |
| December | 1,524 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,396 | 211 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00211630. 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.
Has Cloquet been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 40.2°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 39.7°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41.5°F | +1.8°F | 26.48 | – |
| 2022 | 37.0°F | −2.7°F | 32.94 | 79.6 |
| 2023 | 41.2°F | +1.5°F | 29.47 | 66.0 |
| 2024 | 43.3°F | +3.6°F | 31.39 | – |
| 2025 | 40.2°F | +0.5°F | 23.06 | – |
Over 72 complete years from 1948 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00211630; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cloquet's climate compare?
Cloquet is warmer than 22 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 87. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 39.7°F is warmer than 5%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cloquet 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 Cloquet 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.
- Scanlon, MN998 people · 5 mi E
- Big Lake, MN351 people · 5 mi W
- Mahnomen, MN191 people · 5 mi N
- Brookston, MN116 people · 12 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 Cloquet's climate
What is the coldest month in Cloquet?
January, with a normal high of 18°F and a normal low of 2°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 54°F at night).
Does it snow in Cloquet?
Yes: 71 inches in a normal year, falling on 51 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (15.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Cloquet?
June, with 4.75 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.98 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cloquet in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cloquet in zone 4a in ZIP code 55720. By the same method at Cloquet's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come in Cloquet?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 26; in one year in ten it comes after June 9. Waiting until June 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hermantown, MN17 miles from this station, 39.7°F a year
- Duluth, MN17 miles from this station, 40.6°F a year
- Foxboro, WI19 miles from this station, 39.6°F a year
- Wright, MN21 miles from this station, 38.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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