Embarrass, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Embarrass's primary NOAA station, EMBARRASS.
The climate verdict for Embarrass
Winter sets the terms in Embarrass, Minnesota. A pronounced 58.8°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 36°F. July is the warmest month at 64°F and January the coldest at 5°F.
- 36°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 28.1"
- yearly precipitation total
Embarrass: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00212576 · Embarrass, MN 36°F mean · 28.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 36°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rolla
- PRCP-MID 28.1"
- SWING-WIDE 59°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 10,529 HDD
- STN-1 USC00212576
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rolla, ND (+ 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 MN station list.
- Hot Gunflint Lake, MN 37°F
- Near Rolla, ND 37°F
- Near Warroad, MN 37°F
- Near Babbitt, MN 37°F
- Embarrass (this station) 36°F
Embarrass 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 · Embarrass
Embarrass: 21/100 · grade F
Embarrass publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Embarrass, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 28.1 in · 6.9 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 213 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 36.4°F · 31.1° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
Embarrass · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Embarrass is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 4.7°F and warmest-month mean 63.5°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
- 63.5°F
- Coldest month
- 4.7°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 Embarrass sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Embarrass's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Embarrass sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 38th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Embarrass 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 | 17°F (-8°C) | -7°F (-22°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 0.8" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 23°F (-5°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 0.7" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 1.2" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 2.0" | 26.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 3.0" | 15.8 | 0.0 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.3" | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| July | 78°F (25°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.6" | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.5" | 1.3 | 0.3 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| October | 51°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 2.9" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 34°F (1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.1" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-6°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 1.1" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 18, short of 90°F on every date, while 213 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -9°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 9, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 213 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 21, when 42% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 18 at 22%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 116 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 10 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Embarrass.
Where Embarrass Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 213 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Embarrass 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
7.8 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
Embarrass runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Embarrass'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 4.3", on a wide 58.8°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, September, July, taking 42% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.7".
- Winter share: 9% 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 Embarrass's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 116 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 28.1" between them, or roughly 0.24 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,529
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
136
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Embarrass 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 (36°F here).
- Lakeview, MT 36°F · 0.0°F off
- Atlantic City, WY 37°F · 0.1°F off
- Brian Head, UT 37°F · 0.1°F off
- Hope, AK 37°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (28.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Geneva, NE 28.2" · 0.0" off
- Harlingen, TX 28.2" · 0.1" off
- Madison, NE 28.2" · 0.1" off
- Waynoka, OK 28.2" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Embarrass's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Embarrass logs 10,529 heating degree days, more than twice its 136 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 58.8°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Embarrass. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
Embarrass's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 58.8°F between them. The annual average is 36°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
Embarrass's 28.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Embarrass'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 Embarrass, 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 Embarrass's primary station: EMBARRASS (USC00212576). 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 Embarrass; 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 Embarrass 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.