Delano, MN 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 Delano's primary NOAA station, DELANO.
The climate verdict for Delano
Winter sets the terms in Delano, Minnesota. A pronounced 58.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 45°F. July is the warmest month at 72°F and January the coldest at 14°F.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 161 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Delano: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00212088 · Delano, MN 45°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,166
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sibley
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 59°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,051 HDD
- STN-1 USC00212088
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sibley, IA (+ 0 °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.
- Delano (this station) 45°F
- Hot Sibley, IA 45°F
- Cold Salem, SD 44°F
- Near Lamberton SW Rs…, MN 44°F
- Near Springfield, MN 44°F
Delano 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 · Delano
Delano: 27/100 · grade F
Delano publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Delano, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 161 days/year | 34/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 167 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.5°F · 23.0° from 67.5°F | 18/100 · F |
Delano · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Delano sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Delano are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 83%
- Among 6,861 stations, Delano sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Delano 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 | 23°F (-5°C) | 4°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | N/A | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | N/A | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | N/A | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| October | 58°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | N/A | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | N/A | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 28°F (-2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | N/A | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 167 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 2°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 12, then returns to freezing around October 29, covering 167 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
April 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Delano.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
161 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,051
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
612
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Delano 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 (45°F here).
- Amidon, ND 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Cadillac, MI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Canton, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Cavendish, VT 45°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Delano's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Delano logs 8,051 heating degree days, more than twice its 612 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 58.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Delano's frost-free season lasts about 161 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Delano's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 58.9°F between them. The annual average is 45°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 Delano'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 Delano'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 Delano, 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 Delano's primary station: DELANO (USC00212088). 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 2715454). Match rule for Delano: 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 Delano 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.