Dickinson Rch Headquarters, 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters's primary NOAA station, DICKINSON RCH HQ.
The climate verdict for Dickinson Rch Headquarters
Winter sets the terms in Dickinson Rch Headquarters, North Dakota. A pronounced 55.3°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 42°F. At 39/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 42°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 39/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.6"
- annual precipitation · 44" snow
- 129 days
- frost-free growing season
Dickinson Rch Headquarters: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00322193 · Dickinson Rch Headquarters, ND 42°F mean · 17.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Brainerd Crow W…
- PRCP-DRY 17.6"
- SWING-WIDE 55°F
- COMF-LOW 39/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,705 HDD
- STN-1 USC00322193
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Brainerd Crow Wing County, MN (+ 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.
- Dickinson Rch H… (this station) 42°F
- Cold Mora, MN 42°F
- Hot Spooner Ag Res, WI 42°F
- Near Brainerd Crow W…, MN 42°F
- Near Carson, ND 42°F
Dickinson Rch Headquarters 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 · Dickinson Rch Headquarters
Dickinson Rch Headquarters: 19/100 · grade F
Dickinson Rch Headquarters publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Dickinson Rch Headquarters, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 39/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.6 in · 17.4 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 44.0 inches/year | 24/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 195 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 129 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.1°F · 25.4° from 67.5°F | 10/100 · F |
Dickinson Rch Headquarters · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Dickinson Rch Headquarters is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 14.2°F and warmest-month mean 69.5°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
- 69.5°F
- Coldest month
- 14.2°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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Dickinson Rch Headquarters's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Dickinson Rch Headquarters sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Dickinson Rch Headquarters's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Dickinson Rch Headquarters is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Dickinson Rch Headquarters compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Dickinson Rch Headquarters's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
39 4th percentile score exceeds 4% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Dickinson Rch Headquarters's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 30 complete annual observations from 1983 to 2025, DICKINSON RCH HQ changed little at a fitted rate of 0.00°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Dickinson Rch Headquarters primary station fitted change -0.00 °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 | 24°F (-4°C) | 4°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 0.4" | 6.0" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 28°F (-2°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.4" | 8.0" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.8" | 7.8" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 4.1" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.7" | 1.4" | 5.9 | 0.2 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.7 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.2 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 1.6 |
| October | 56°F (13°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.4" | 3.7" | 17.8 | 0.1 |
| November | 40°F (4°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.6" | 4.7" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 28°F (-2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 0.5" | 8.3" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 195 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 4°F near January 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 25, then returns to freezing around October 14, covering 195 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 15, when 31% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 25 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 69 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Dickinson Rch Headquarters.
Where Dickinson Rch Headquarters Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 195 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Dickinson Rch Headquarters 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: 6.0"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.0"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.8"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.1"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
8.6 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.7"
3.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.3"
4.2 days with precipitation
Dickinson Rch Headquarters runs a summer-peaked wet season
44% of Dickinson Rch Headquarters'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 3.3", on a wide 55.3°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: January 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 69 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 17.6" between them, or roughly 0.26 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters
Dickinson Rch Headquarters averages 44.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 22 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: 44.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 22 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 25% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
129 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,705
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
414
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Dickinson Rch Headquarters 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 (42°F here).
- Bethlehem, NH 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Breckenridge, MN 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Georgetown, MN 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Merrill, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wasta, SD 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Jackson, WY 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Pomeroy, WA 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Lusk, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Dickinson Rch Headquarters
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Dickinson Rch Headquarters logs 8,705 heating degree days, more than twice its 414 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.3°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 129 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. Dickinson Rch Headquarters coldest normal
January
Averaging 14°F (-10°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Dickinson Rch Headquarters typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Dickinson Rch Headquarters snow peak
December
Dickinson Rch Headquarters averages 44.0 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters's primary station: DICKINSON RCH HQ (USC00322193). 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters; 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 Dickinson Rch Headquarters 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.