Floodwood, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Floodwood's primary NOAA station, FLOODWOOD 3 NE.
The climate verdict for Floodwood
Winter sets the terms in Floodwood, Minnesota. A pronounced 57.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 38°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 38°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 28.1"
- annual precipitation · 56" snow
- 112 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Floodwood: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00212842 · Floodwood, MN 38°F mean · 28.1" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 38°F
- RANK-COOL #206
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Van Buren
- PRCP-MID 28.1"
- SWING-WIDE 58°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,833 HDD
- STN-1 USC00212842
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Van Buren, ME (+ 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 MN station list.
- Hot Stambaugh, MI 39°F
- Floodwood (this station) 38°F
- Cold Fontenelle Dam, WY 38°F
- Near Van Buren, ME 38°F
- Near Clarksburg, MI 38°F
Floodwood 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 · Floodwood
Floodwood: 21/100 · grade F
Floodwood publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Floodwood, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 28.1 in · 6.9 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 56.4 inches/year | 17/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 112 days/year | 3/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.4°F · 29.1° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
Floodwood · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Floodwood is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 7.1°F and warmest-month mean 65.0°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
- 65.0°F
- Coldest month
- 7.1°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 Floodwood sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Floodwood's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 97%
- Among 6,861 stations, Floodwood 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 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Floodwood is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Floodwood compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Floodwood's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Floodwood's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 33 complete annual observations from 1988 to 2025, FLOODWOOD 3 NE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.38°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Floodwood primary station fitted change +0.38 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F (-8°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 0.6" | 10.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 24°F (-5°C) | -1°F (-18°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | 0.7" | 8.5" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.1" | 6.8" | 29.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 2.3" | 6.6" | 23.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 64°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.9" | 0.2" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 4.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.2 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| September | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| October | 53°F (11°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 2.8" | 2.3" | 16.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.2" | 8.0" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 23°F (-5°C) | 6°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.0" | 13.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -5°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 28, then returns to freezing around October 16, covering 196 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 25, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 9 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Floodwood.
Where Floodwood Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 196 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Floodwood 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 and snowfall
Snow: 10.5"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.8"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.6"
7.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.6 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.0"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.5"
7.3 days with precipitation
Floodwood runs a summer-peaked wet season
43% of Floodwood'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 4.9", on a wide 57.9°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, July, September, taking 44% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.6".
- Winter share: 8% 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 Floodwood's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 99 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 28.1" between them, or roughly 0.28 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.
Winter brings real snow to Floodwood
Floodwood averages 56.4 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 31 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 56.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 31 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 20% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 29
50% probability date
Growing Season
112 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,833
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
181
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Floodwood 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 (38°F here).
- Pembina, ND 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Van Buren, ME 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Afton, WY 39°F · 0.1°F off
- Fortuna, ND 38°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
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Floodwood
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Floodwood logs 9,833 heating degree days, more than twice its 181 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 57.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 112 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.
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1. Floodwood coldest normal
January
Averaging 7°F (-14°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Floodwood typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Floodwood snow peak
December
Floodwood averages 56.4 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Floodwood's primary station: FLOODWOOD 3 NE (USC00212842). 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 2721338). Match rule for Floodwood: 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 Floodwood 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.