Gaylord, MN Climate: Temperature by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Gaylord's primary NOAA station, GAYLORD.
The climate verdict for Gaylord
Winter sets the terms in Gaylord, Minnesota. A pronounced 59.1°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 45°F. July is the warmest month at 73°F and January the coldest at 14°F.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 174 days
- frost-free growing season
Gaylord: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00213076 · Gaylord, MN 45°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mobridge
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 59°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 7,974 HDD
- STN-1 USC00213076
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mobridge, SD (+ 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.
- Gaylord (this station) 45°F
- Cold Artichoke Lake, MN 45°F
- Hot Enderlin, ND 45°F
- Near Mobridge, SD 45°F
- Near Little Falls, MN 45°F
Gaylord 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 · Gaylord
Gaylord: 32/100 · grade F
Gaylord publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Gaylord, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 159 calendar days | 40/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
Gaylord · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Gaylord sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Gaylord are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Gaylord sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 97%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Gaylord is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Gaylord's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 55 complete annual observations from 1957 to 2025, GAYLORD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.19°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Gaylord primary station fitted change +0.19 °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) | 6°F (-14°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | N/A | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 26°F (-4°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | N/A | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 11.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (15°C) | N/A | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 3.0 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 0.9 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | N/A | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 33°F (0°C) | N/A | 23.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 27°F (-3°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | N/A | 30.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 159 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 5°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 7, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 159 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
September 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Gaylord.
Where Gaylord Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Gaylord 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
October 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,974
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
687
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Gaylord 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 (45°F here).
- Craig, AK 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Little Valley, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Gaylord's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Gaylord logs 7,974 heating degree days, more than twice its 687 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 59.1°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Gaylord's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Gaylord's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 59.1°F between them. The annual average is 45°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 Gaylord'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 Gaylord'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 Gaylord, 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 Gaylord's primary station: GAYLORD (USC00213076). 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 2723300). Match rule for Gaylord: 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 Gaylord 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.