Foxholm, ND Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Foxholm's primary NOAA station, FOXHOLM 7 N.
The climate verdict for Foxholm
Winter sets the terms in Foxholm, North Dakota. A pronounced 58.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 42°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 42°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 141 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Foxholm: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00323217 · Foxholm, ND 42°F mean · 17.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Granville
- PRCP-DRY 17.6"
- SWING-WIDE 59°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,782 HDD
- STN-1 USC00323217
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Granville, ND (+ 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.
- Foxholm (this station) 42°F
- Cold Breckenridge, MN 42°F
- Hot Litchfield, MN 42°F
- Near Granville, ND 42°F
- Near Morris W Cntrl…, MN 42°F
Foxholm 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 · Foxholm
Foxholm: 21/100 · grade F
Foxholm publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Foxholm, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 17.6 in · 17.4 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 184 calendar days | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 141 days/year | 19/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.2°F · 25.3° from 67.5°F | 10/100 · F |
Foxholm · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Foxholm is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 11.6°F and warmest-month mean 70.5°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
- 70.5°F
- Coldest month
- 11.6°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 Foxholm sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Foxholm's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Foxholm sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Foxholm's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Foxholm is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Foxholm compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Foxholm's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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
Foxholm's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 57 complete annual observations from 1923 to 2024, FOXHOLM 7 N warmed at a fitted rate of 0.09°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Foxholm primary station fitted change +0.09 °C/decade
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) | 2°F (-16°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 0.5" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 25°F (-4°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 0.5" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 19.9 | 0.1 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.5" | 5.3 | 0.4 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.5" | 0.2 | 1.4 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 2.8" | 0.1 | 5.6 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.8" | 0.1 | 7.8 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.7" | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| October | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.3" | 17.0 | 0.1 |
| November | 38°F (3°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 25°F (-4°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 0.7" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around August 2, short of 90°F on every date, while 184 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 2°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 21, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 184 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 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Foxholm.
Where Foxholm Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 184 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Foxholm 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
Foxholm runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Foxholm'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 3.5", on a wide 58.9°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, May, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.5".
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
141 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,782
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
514
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Foxholm 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
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jackson, WY 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Wasta, SD 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Pomeroy, WA 17.6" · 0.0" off
- Lusk, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Foxholm's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Foxholm logs 8,782 heating degree days, more than twice its 514 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 58.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 141 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 58.9°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 42°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Foxholm.
Foxholm's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.6 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Foxholm'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 Foxholm, 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 Foxholm's primary station: FOXHOLM 7 N (USC00323217). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 3827980), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Foxholm: 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 Foxholm 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.