Esmond, ND Climate: Temperature by Month
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30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Esmond's primary NOAA station, ESMOND 9 NNW.
The climate verdict for Esmond
Winter sets the terms in Esmond, North Dakota. A pronounced 63.2°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 39°F. July is the warmest month at 68°F and January the coldest at 5°F.
- 39°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 140 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Esmond: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00322768 · Esmond, ND 39°F mean
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westby
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 63°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 9,730 HDD
- STN-1 USC00322768
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Westby, MT (+ 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.
- Esmond (this station) 39°F
- Cold Fosston, MN 39°F
- Hot Warren Wsd, MN 39°F
- Near Westby, MT 39°F
- Near Wildrose, ND 39°F
Esmond 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 · Esmond
Esmond: 11/100 · grade F
Esmond publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Esmond, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 195 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.1°F · 28.4° from 67.5°F | 2/100 · F |
Esmond · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Esmond sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Esmond are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Esmond sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Esmond 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 | 15°F (-10°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 20°F (-7°C) | -1°F (-19°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | N/A | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 33°F (1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | N/A | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | N/A | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | N/A | 4.8 | 0.3 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| July | 80°F (26°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.8 |
| September | 71°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| October | 54°F (12°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 15.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | N/A | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-6°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around August 3, short of 90°F on every date, while 195 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -5°F near January 17.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 26, then returns to freezing around October 15, 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.
The widest day
August 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Esmond.
Where Esmond 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.
Esmond 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
9,730
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
325
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Esmond 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 (39°F here).
- Alta, UT 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Divide, CO 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Hallock, MN 39°F · 0.0°F off
- La Barge, WY 39°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Esmond's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Esmond logs 9,730 heating degree days, more than twice its 325 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 63.2°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.
Esmond's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 63.2°F between them. The annual average is 39°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 Esmond'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 Esmond'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 Esmond, 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 Esmond's primary station: ESMOND 9 NNW (USC00322768). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3824780). Match rule for Esmond: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Esmond 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.