Edmunds Arrowwood Ref, ND 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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref's primary NOAA station, EDMUNDS ARROWWOOD REF.
The climate verdict for Edmunds Arrowwood Ref
Winter sets the terms in Edmunds Arrowwood Ref, North Dakota. A pronounced 59.1°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 42°F. July is the warmest month at 70°F and January the coldest at 11°F.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 140 days
- frost-free growing season
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00322536 · Edmunds Arrowwood Ref, ND 42°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Leola
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 59°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,719 HDD
- STN-1 USC00322536
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Leola, SD (+ 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.
- Edmunds Arrowwo… (this station) 42°F
- Cold Mora, MN 42°F
- Hot Keene, ND 42°F
- Near Leola, SD 42°F
- Near Dickinson Rch H…, ND 42°F
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref 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 · Edmunds Arrowwood Ref
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref: 16/100 · grade F
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Edmunds Arrowwood Ref, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 186 calendar days | 22/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.2°F · 25.3° from 67.5°F | 10/100 · F |
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Edmunds Arrowwood Ref sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Edmunds Arrowwood Ref are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Edmunds Arrowwood Ref sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Edmunds Arrowwood Ref 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 | 21°F (-6°C) | 0°F (-18°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 26°F (-3°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | N/A | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 39°F (4°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | N/A | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 16.8 | 0.1 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 3.3 | 0.1 |
| June | 78°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 1.1 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.2 | 4.8 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 14.7 | 0.1 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 28.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 26°F (-3°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 186 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 0°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 186 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
September 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
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Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Edmunds Arrowwood Ref.
Where Edmunds Arrowwood Ref Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 186 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,719
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
446
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Edmunds Arrowwood Ref 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).
- Altamont, UT 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Chama, NM 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Driggs, ID 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Elk City, ID 42°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Edmunds Arrowwood Ref's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Edmunds Arrowwood Ref logs 8,719 heating degree days, more than twice its 446 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 59.1°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 140 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.
Edmunds Arrowwood Ref's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 59.1°F between them. The annual average is 42°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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref'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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref'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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref, 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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref's primary station: EDMUNDS ARROWWOOD REF (USC00322536). 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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref; 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 Edmunds Arrowwood Ref 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.