Eden Prairie, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Eden Prairie's normal year runs from 8°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 30.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.2°C, January lows of −13°C, July highs of 29°C, 778 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMinneapolis Flying Cloud Airport
- Station IDUSW00094963
- Location44.83°N 93.47°W
- Elevation907 ft (277 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population62,905
On October 14, the normal high in Eden Prairie is 60°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 31%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eden Prairie.
- Jan 24° 8°
- Feb 29° 12°
- Mar 42° 24°
- Apr 57° 37°
- May 70° 49°
- Jun 79° 59°
- Jul 84° 64°
- Aug 81° 62°
- Sep 74° 53°
- Oct 59° 40°
- Nov 43° 27°
- Dec 29° 14°
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 Eden Prairie each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 8°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.67 in), the least in February (0.62 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 8°F | 16.1°F | 0.69 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 29°F | 12°F | 20.0°F | 0.62 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 42°F | 24°F | 33.1°F | 1.46 | 7 | <1 | 23 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 37°F | 47.1°F | 2.73 | 11 | <1 | 8 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 59.7°F | 3.85 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 79°F | 59°F | 69.4°F | 4.67 | 13 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 84°F | 64°F | 73.8°F | 4.34 | 10 | 6 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 81°F | 62°F | 71.4°F | 4.66 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 74°F | 53°F | 63.5°F | 3.05 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 40°F | 49.5°F | 2.26 | 10 | <1 | 6 | 11 h |
| November | 43°F | 27°F | 34.7°F | 1.41 | 6 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 29°F | 14°F | 21.5°F | 0.90 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 37°F | 46.7°F | 30.64 | 107 | 14 | 145 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4°C | −13°C | −8.8°C | 18 mm |
| February | −2°C | −11°C | −6.7°C | 16 mm |
| March | 5°C | −4°C | 0.6°C | 37 mm |
| April | 14°C | 3°C | 8.4°C | 69 mm |
| May | 21°C | 10°C | 15.4°C | 98 mm |
| June | 26°C | 15°C | 20.8°C | 119 mm |
| July | 29°C | 18°C | 23.2°C | 110 mm |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 118 mm |
| September | 23°C | 12°C | 17.5°C | 77 mm |
| October | 15°C | 5°C | 9.7°C | 57 mm |
| November | 6°C | −3°C | 1.5°C | 36 mm |
| December | −2°C | −10°C | −5.8°C | 23 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Chanhassen (5 miles away), gets 55 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094963; 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 Eden Prairie?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
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 USW00094963.
When is the last frost in Eden Prairie?
In Eden Prairie, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 14 in half of years and before September 28 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
- April 231 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 141 year in 10 before September 28; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 172 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 193 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 13 in half of springs and before October 25 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eden Prairie in zone 5a across its 3 ZIP code areas (5a in 55347, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Eden Prairie's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (22 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 USW00094963; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Eden Prairie ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Eden Prairie's 3 ZIP code areas are all in zone 5a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Eden Prairie?
In a normal year in Eden Prairie, 14 days a year reach 90°F, 145 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 107 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 145a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 72high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 107a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1997) is 102°F, on July 6, 2012; the lowest is −29°F, on January 30, 2019.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2002, with 38.07 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00094963; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00094963. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Eden Prairie?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Eden Prairie, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (62%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 352nd (with 32 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 1.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 3.7 |
| April | 68% | 4.7 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 82% | 6.4 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 69% | 2.7 |
| November | 67% | 1.8 |
| December | 62% | 1.3 |
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 Eden Prairie need?
A normal year in Eden Prairie brings 7,430 heating degree days, 38% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 787 cooling degree days, 13% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,932 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,517 | 0 |
| February | 1,258 | 0 |
| March | 990 | 1 |
| April | 540 | 3 |
| May | 210 | 44 |
| June | 34 | 164 |
| July | 3 | 278 |
| August | 9 | 207 |
| September | 127 | 82 |
| October | 488 | 9 |
| November | 908 | 0 |
| December | 1,347 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,430 | 787 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00094963. 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 Eden Prairie been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 50.7°F, 4.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.7°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.5°F | +1.8°F | 20.34 |
| 2022 | 45.4°F | −1.3°F | – |
| 2023 | 48.7°F | +2.0°F | 25.11 |
| 2024 | 50.7°F | +4.0°F | 30.81 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00094963. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eden Prairie's climate compare?
Eden Prairie is warmer than 123 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.7°F is warmer than 26%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eden Prairie is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Eden Prairie share this climate record?
3 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.
- Shakopee, MN48,401 people · 4 mi S
- Savage, MN32,896 people · 7 mi SE
- Prior Lake, MN28,018 people · 8 mi S
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 Eden Prairie's climate
What is the coldest month in Eden Prairie?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 8°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Eden Prairie?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Eden Prairie's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Chanhassen (5 miles away), records 55 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Eden Prairie?
June, with 4.67 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.62 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eden Prairie in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eden Prairie in zone 5a across its 3 ZIP code areas (5a in 55347, the largest). By the same method at Eden Prairie's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −18°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Eden Prairie?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Chanhassen, MN5 miles from this station, 44.6°F a year
- Chaska, MN8 miles from this station, 44.1°F a year
- Minneapolis, MN12 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- New Hope, MN13 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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