Cloquet, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cloquet's primary NOAA station, CLOQUET.
The climate verdict for Cloquet
Winter sets the terms in Cloquet, Minnesota. A pronounced 56.4°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 40°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 40°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 32.7"
- annual precipitation · 71" snow
- 120 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Cloquet: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00211630 · Cloquet, MN 40°F mean · 32.7" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 40°F
- RANK-COOL #343
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Clam Lake
- PRCP-MID 32.7"
- SWING-WIDE 56°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,396 HDD
- STN-1 USC00211630
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Clam Lake, WI ( -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 MN station list.
- Cloquet (this station) 40°F
- Cold Clam Lake, WI 40°F
- Near Foxboro, WI 40°F
- Near Bergland Dam, MI 40°F
- Near Brassua Dam, ME 40°F
Cloquet sits in Minnesota, the #3 coldest U.S. state at 42.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Cloquet
Cloquet: 25/100 · grade F
Cloquet publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cloquet, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 32.7 in · 2.3 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 187 calendar days | 21/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 71.3 inches/year | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 120 days/year | 7/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.7°F · 27.8° from 67.5°F | 4/100 · F |
Cloquet · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cloquet is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 9.9°F and warmest-month mean 66.3°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
- 66.3°F
- Coldest month
- 9.9°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 Cloquet sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cloquet's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 95%
- Among 6,861 stations, Cloquet sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 44th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cloquet is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cloquet compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cloquet's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Cloquet's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 72 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2025, CLOQUET warmed at a fitted rate of 0.25°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cloquet primary station fitted change +0.25 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F (-8°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 1.0" | 13.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 24°F (-4°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.0" | 13.5" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 37°F (3°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.4" | 10.3" | 28.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.4" | 6.4" | 22.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.5" | 0.3" | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| August | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| September | 67°F (20°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| October | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.3" | 1.8" | 14.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 35°F (2°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.8" | 9.6" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 23°F (-5°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 1.5" | 15.9" | 30.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 187 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 1°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 26, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 187 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is June 21, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 9 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 129 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cloquet.
Where Cloquet Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 187 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Cloquet 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 and snowfall
Snow: 13.5"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.5"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.3"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
11.9 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
12.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.6"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.9"
11.1 days with precipitation
Cloquet runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Cloquet'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 4.8", on a wide 56.4°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, July, August, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 1.0".
- Winter share: 11% 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.
How Cloquet's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 129 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 32.7" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Cloquet
Cloquet averages 71.3 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 51 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 71.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 51 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 22% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
120 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,396
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
211
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Cloquet 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).
- Butternut, WI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Colebrook, NH 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Laona, WI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Larimore, ND 40°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (32.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jacksboro, TX 32.7" · 0.0" off
- Eau Claire, WI 32.8" · 0.1" off
- Jackson, WI 32.6" · 0.1" off
- Lakewood, WI 32.8" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Cloquet
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Cloquet logs 9,396 heating degree days, more than twice its 211 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 56.4°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 120 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.
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1. Cloquet coldest normal
January
Averaging 10°F (-12°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Cloquet typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Cloquet snow peak
December
Cloquet averages 71.3 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Cloquet's primary station: CLOQUET (USC00211630). 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 2712160). Match rule for Cloquet: 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 Cloquet 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.