Gaylord, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Gaylord's normal year runs from 6°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.2°C, January lows of −14°C, July highs of 28°C.
- NOAA stationGaylord
- Station IDUSC00213076
- Location44.56°N 94.22°W
- Elevation1,020 ft (311 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population2,334
On October 23, the normal high in Gaylord is 53°F and the normal low 35°F.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Gaylord.
- Jan 21° 6°
- Feb 26° 9°
- Mar 38° 22°
- Apr 54° 35°
- May 68° 48°
- Jun 78° 59°
- Jul 82° 63°
- Aug 80° 60°
- Sep 72° 51°
- Oct 57° 38°
- Nov 41° 25°
- Dec 27° 13°
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 Gaylord each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 6°F.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°F | 6°F | 13.6°F | – | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 26°F | 9°F | 17.5°F | – | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 38°F | 22°F | 30.3°F | – | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 35°F | 44.9°F | – | <1 | 12 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 68°F | 48°F | 58.3°F | – | 1 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 78°F | 59°F | 68.9°F | – | 3 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 82°F | 63°F | 72.7°F | – | 5 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 80°F | 60°F | 70.1°F | – | 2 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 72°F | 51°F | 61.9°F | – | 1 | <1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 38°F | 47.9°F | – | <1 | 9 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 25°F | 32.9°F | – | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 27°F | 13°F | 19.7°F | – | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 36°F | 44.9°F | – | 12 | 161 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −14°C | −10.2°C |
| February | −4°C | −13°C | −8.1°C |
| March | 4°C | −5°C | −0.9°C |
| April | 12°C | 2°C | 7.2°C |
| May | 20°C | 9°C | 14.6°C |
| June | 26°C | 15°C | 20.5°C |
| July | 28°C | 17°C | 22.6°C |
| August | 27°C | 16°C | 21.2°C |
| September | 22°C | 11°C | 16.6°C |
| October | 14°C | 4°C | 8.8°C |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.5°C |
| December | −3°C | −11°C | −6.8°C |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Brownton (14 miles away), gets 50 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00213076; 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 Gaylord?
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 USC00213076.
When is the last frost in Gaylord?
In Gaylord, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 30 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
- April 241 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before October 27
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 170 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 191 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 14 in half of springs and before October 24 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Gaylord in zone 4b in ZIP code 55334, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Gaylord's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (17 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 Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00213076; 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 Gaylord?
In a normal year in Gaylord, 12 days a year reach 90°F and 161 nights fall to 32°F or colder.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 12a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 161a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 82high of 32°F or less
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1956) is 105°F, on July 31, 1988; the lowest is −32°F, on January 1, 1974.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2024, with 41.46 in; the snowiest season is 1961–62, with 88.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00213076; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00213076. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Gaylord?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Gaylord, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 1.9 |
| February | 80% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 3.8 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 6.1 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 80% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.2 |
| October | 71% | 2.8 |
| November | 69% | 1.8 |
| December | 66% | 1.4 |
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 Gaylord need?
A normal year in Gaylord brings 7,974 heating degree days, 48% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 687 cooling degree days, 24% 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 2,710 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,593 | 0 |
| February | 1,330 | 0 |
| March | 1,074 | 0 |
| April | 605 | 2 |
| May | 248 | 41 |
| June | 40 | 156 |
| July | 7 | 246 |
| August | 19 | 177 |
| September | 156 | 61 |
| October | 536 | 4 |
| November | 963 | 0 |
| December | 1,403 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,974 | 687 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00213076. 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 Gaylord been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 47.0°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.9°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.7°F | +2.8°F |
| 2022 | 43.9°F | −1.0°F |
| 2023 | 47.1°F | +2.2°F |
| 2024 | 49.0°F | +4.1°F |
| 2025 | 47.0°F | +2.1°F |
Over 55 complete years from 1957 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.4°F per century (+0.19°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00213076; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Gaylord's climate compare?
Gaylord is warmer than 101 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.9°F is warmer than 19%.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers.
Which places near Gaylord share this climate record?
4 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.
- Arlington, MN2,314 people · 8 mi NE
- Winthrop, MN1,332 people · 7 mi W
- Gibbon, MN788 people · 15 mi W
- Green Isle, MN694 people · 14 mi NE
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 Gaylord's climate
What is the coldest month in Gaylord?
January, with a normal high of 21°F and a normal low of 6°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Gaylord?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Gaylord's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Brownton (14 miles away), records 50 inches of snow in a normal year.
What plant hardiness zone is Gaylord in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Gaylord in zone 4b in ZIP code 55334, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Gaylord's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Gaylord?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Brownton, MN14 miles from this station, 43.7°F a year
- St. Peter, MN21 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- New Ulm, MN22 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Hutchinson, MN25 miles from this station, 45.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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