Devils Lake Kdlr, 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 Devils Lake Kdlr's primary NOAA station, DEVILS LAKE KDLR.
The climate verdict for Devils Lake Kdlr
Winter sets the terms in Devils Lake Kdlr, North Dakota. A pronounced 62.2°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 40°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.
- 40°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 20.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 152 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Devils Lake Kdlr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00014912 · Devils Lake Kdlr, ND 40°F mean · 20.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 40°F
- RANK-COOL #412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westhope
- PRCP-DRY 20.0"
- SWING-WIDE 62°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,428 HDD
- STN-1 USW00014912
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Westhope, ND (+ 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 ND station list.
- Devils Lake Kdlr (this station) 40°F
- Cold Ada, MN 40°F
- Hot Westhope, ND 40°F
- Near Crookston NW, MN 40°F
- Near Cass Lake, MN 40°F
Devils Lake Kdlr 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 · Devils Lake Kdlr
Devils Lake Kdlr: 23/100 · grade F
Devils Lake Kdlr publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Devils Lake Kdlr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 20.0 in · 15.0 from 35 in | 47/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 152 days/year | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 180 calendar days | 25/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 40.2°F · 27.3° from 67.5°F | 5/100 · F |
Devils Lake Kdlr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Devils Lake Kdlr is a continental Köppen climate: Dwb
Coldest-month mean 7.2°F and warmest-month mean 69.4°F place this station in continental, dry-winter, warm summer climates (Dwb). Class Dwb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-winter, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dwb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.4°F
- Coldest month
- 7.2°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 Devils Lake Kdlr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Devils Lake Kdlr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 94%
- Among 6,861 stations, Devils Lake Kdlr sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 72%
- Devils Lake Kdlr's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Devils Lake Kdlr is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Devils Lake Kdlr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Devils Lake Kdlr'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°F (-9°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 0.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 21°F (-6°C) | 2°F (-17°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 0.4" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 33°F (1°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.6" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.0" | 17.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.5" | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.0" | 0.9 | 0.4 |
| October | 53°F (12°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 1.5" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 35°F (2°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-6°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 0.8" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 81°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 180 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -3°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 180 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 10, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 24 at 19%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Devils Lake Kdlr.
Where Devils Lake Kdlr Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 180 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Devils Lake Kdlr earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.6 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
11.3 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
10.4 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
Devils Lake Kdlr runs a summer-peaked wet season
50% of Devils Lake Kdlr'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 July at 3.8", on a wide 62.2°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: July, June, May, taking 50% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.4".
- 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.
How Devils Lake Kdlr's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 98 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 20.0" between them, or roughly 0.20 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
152 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,428
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
424
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Devils Lake Kdlr 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).
- Ironwood, MI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Libby, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Scobey, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Wadena, MN 40°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (20.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Big Bear Lake, CA 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Divide, CO 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Nezperce, ID 20.0" · 0.0" off
- Whitefish, MT 19.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Devils Lake Kdlr's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Devils Lake Kdlr logs 9,428 heating degree days, more than twice its 424 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 62.2°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Devils Lake Kdlr's frost-free season lasts about 152 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 62.2°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 40°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Devils Lake Kdlr.
Devils Lake Kdlr's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 20.0 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 Devils Lake Kdlr'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 Devils Lake Kdlr, 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 Devils Lake Kdlr's primary station: DEVILS LAKE KDLR (USW00014912). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Devils Lake Kdlr; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Devils Lake Kdlr 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.