Enderlin, North Dakota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Enderlin's normal year runs from 3°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 23.6 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.2°C, January lows of −16°C, July highs of 29°C, 599 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEnderlin (2 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00322695
- Location46.62°N 97.64°W
- Elevation1,164 ft (355 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population851
On October 23, the normal high in Enderlin is 55°F and the normal low 34°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Enderlin.
- Jan 23° 3°
- Feb 27° 7°
- Mar 40° 20°
- Apr 57° 34°
- May 71° 47°
- Jun 80° 58°
- Jul 85° 61°
- Aug 83° 59°
- Sep 76° 50°
- Oct 59° 37°
- Nov 42° 23°
- Dec 28° 10°
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 Enderlin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 3°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.13 in), the least in January (0.54 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23°F | 3°F | 12.9°F | 0.54 | – | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 27°F | 7°F | 17.2°F | 0.64 | – | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 40°F | 20°F | 30.3°F | 1.18 | – | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 34°F | 45.5°F | 1.51 | – | <1 | 16 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 3.17 | – | 1 | 3 | 15 h |
| June | 80°F | 58°F | 69.0°F | 4.13 | – | 3 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 85°F | 61°F | 73.0°F | 3.40 | – | 6 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 83°F | 59°F | 70.9°F | 2.70 | – | 4 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 2.66 | – | 2 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 59°F | 37°F | 48.3°F | 2.14 | – | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 23°F | 32.6°F | 0.82 | – | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 28°F | 10°F | 18.9°F | 0.68 | – | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 34°F | 45.0°F | 23.57 | – | 14 | 176 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −16°C | −10.6°C | 14 mm |
| February | −3°C | −14°C | −8.2°C | 16 mm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.9°C | 30 mm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.5°C | 38 mm |
| May | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 81 mm |
| June | 27°C | 14°C | 20.6°C | 105 mm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.8°C | 86 mm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.6°C | 69 mm |
| September | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 68 mm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.1°C | 54 mm |
| November | 5°C | −5°C | 0.3°C | 21 mm |
| December | −2°C | −12°C | −7.3°C | 17 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Lisbon (12 miles away), gets 47 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00322695; 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 Enderlin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September.
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 USC00322695.
When is the last frost in Enderlin?
In Enderlin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 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
- May 31 year in 10 after May 16; 9 in 10 after April 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 155 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 173 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 24 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Enderlin in zone 4a in ZIP code 58027, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Enderlin's NOAA station is in zone 4b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −24°F (21 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Dakota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00322695; 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.
How hot and how cold does it get in Enderlin?
In a normal year in Enderlin, 14 days a year reach 90°F and 176 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- 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
- 176a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 81high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1952) is 108°F, on August 14, 1965; the lowest is −37°F, on February 9, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1975, with 32.33 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 109.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00322695; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00322695. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Enderlin?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Enderlin, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. February is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 1.8 |
| February | 83% | 3.0 |
| March | 75% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 4.9 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 75% | 6.2 |
| July | 82% | 6.5 |
| August | 81% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.1 |
| October | 69% | 2.6 |
| November | 67% | 1.6 |
| December | 66% | 1.2 |
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 Enderlin need?
A normal year in Enderlin brings 7,970 heating degree days, 48% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 740 cooling degree days, 18% 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 2,809 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,615 | 0 |
| February | 1,340 | 0 |
| March | 1,077 | 0 |
| April | 587 | 2 |
| May | 224 | 41 |
| June | 40 | 160 |
| July | 8 | 256 |
| August | 15 | 200 |
| September | 137 | 75 |
| October | 525 | 6 |
| November | 974 | 0 |
| December | 1,427 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,970 | 740 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00322695. 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 Enderlin been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 47.3°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.0°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.9°F | +1.9°F | – |
| 2022 | 42.0°F | −3.0°F | – |
| 2023 | 44.5°F | −0.5°F | 20.50 |
| 2024 | 47.3°F | +2.3°F | 24.36 |
Over 41 complete years from 1953 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.3°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00322695; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Enderlin's climate compare?
Enderlin is warmer than 91 of the other 91 places with their own NOAA record in North Dakota, and wetter than 69. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.0°F is warmer than 19%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Enderlin 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 Enderlin share this climate record?
5 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.
- Sheldon, ND92 people · 7 mi E
- Fingal, ND89 people · 12 mi NW
- Kathryn, ND66 people · 16 mi W
- Nome, ND49 people · 9 mi NW
- Alice, ND44 people · 11 mi N
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 Enderlin's climate
What is the coldest month in Enderlin?
January, with a normal high of 23°F and a normal low of 3°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Enderlin?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Enderlin's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Lisbon (12 miles away), records 47 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Enderlin?
June, with 4.13 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.54 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Enderlin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Enderlin in zone 4a in ZIP code 58027, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Enderlin's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −24°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 4b.
How late can frost come in Enderlin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 16. Waiting until May 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- North Dakota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Lisbon, ND12 miles from this station, 41.4°F a year
- McLeod (3 mi E), ND25 miles from this station, 42.2°F a year
- Casselton, ND26 miles from this station, 41.1°F a year
- Valley City, ND30 miles from this station, 40.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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