Georgetown, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Georgetown's normal year runs from −1°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 24.7 inches of precipitation and 41 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.6°C, January lows of −18°C, July highs of 28°C, 627 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationGeorgetown (1 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00213104
- Location47.08°N 96.78°W
- Elevation885 ft (270 m)
- Population87
On October 22, the normal high in Georgetown is 53°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Georgetown.
- Jan 17° -1°
- Feb 22° 3°
- Mar 37° 18°
- Apr 54° 32°
- May 69° 44°
- Jun 78° 56°
- Jul 82° 59°
- Aug 81° 57°
- Sep 72° 48°
- Oct 56° 36°
- Nov 38° 21°
- Dec 23° 7°
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 Georgetown each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of −1°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.24 in), the least in February (0.72 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°F | −1°F | 8.2°F | 0.74 | 7.9 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 50 min |
| February | 22°F | 3°F | 12.8°F | 0.72 | 7.5 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 18°F | 27.3°F | 1.21 | 5.7 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 32°F | 43.0°F | 1.36 | 4.7 | 5 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 56.7°F | 2.86 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 h |
| June | 78°F | 56°F | 66.9°F | 4.24 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 82°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 3.84 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 81°F | 57°F | 68.9°F | 2.96 | 0.0 | 7 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 72°F | 48°F | 60.1°F | 2.88 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 56°F | 36°F | 46.0°F | 2.13 | 1.4 | 6 | <1 | 12 | 11 h |
| November | 38°F | 21°F | 29.3°F | 0.77 | 3.5 | 5 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| December | 23°F | 7°F | 15.2°F | 0.97 | 10.2 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 53°F | 32°F | 42.1°F | 24.68 | 40.9 | 76 | 12 | 175 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8°C | −18°C | −13.2°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| February | −5°C | −16°C | −10.7°C | 18 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 3°C | −8°C | −2.6°C | 31 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 12°C | 0°C | 6.1°C | 35 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 21°C | 7°C | 13.7°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.4°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 14°C | 20.5°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 54 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 3°C | −6°C | −1.5°C | 20 mm | 9 cm |
| December | −5°C | −14°C | −9.3°C | 25 mm | 26 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00213104; 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 Georgetown?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00213104.
When is the last frost in Georgetown?
In Georgetown, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 9 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 18 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
- May 91 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 18; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 143 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 161 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 11 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Georgetown in zone 4a in ZIP code 56546, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Georgetown's NOAA station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −28°F (21 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00213104; 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 Georgetown?
In a normal year in Georgetown, 12 days a year reach 90°F, 175 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 76 days bring measurable precipitation.
- 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
- 175a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 95high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 76a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 14a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1962) is 107°F, on July 5, 1988; the lowest is −42°F, on February 1, 1996.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 28.96 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 115.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00213104; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00213104. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Georgetown?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Georgetown, 3.8 kWh per square metre a day. February is the sunniest month (86%) and November the cloudiest (65%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 1.7 |
| February | 86% | 3.0 |
| March | 78% | 4.0 |
| April | 73% | 4.9 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 74% | 6.1 |
| July | 82% | 6.4 |
| August | 80% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 3.9 |
| October | 68% | 2.5 |
| November | 65% | 1.5 |
| December | 66% | 1.2 |
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 Georgetown need?
A normal year in Georgetown brings 8,843 heating degree days, 65% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 540 cooling degree days, 41% 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 2,425 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,761 | 0 |
| February | 1,461 | 0 |
| March | 1,169 | 0 |
| April | 660 | 2 |
| May | 286 | 30 |
| June | 58 | 115 |
| July | 17 | 195 |
| August | 31 | 150 |
| September | 192 | 45 |
| October | 592 | 3 |
| November | 1,072 | 0 |
| December | 1,544 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,843 | 540 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00213104. 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 Georgetown been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 43.4°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 42.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45.0°F | +2.9°F | 21.50 | 35.1 |
| 2022 | 40.4°F | −1.8°F | 25.35 | 59.3 |
| 2023 | 43.1°F | +1.0°F | 21.76 | 62.0 |
| 2024 | 46.1°F | +4.0°F | 26.62 | 24.8 |
| 2025 | 43.4°F | +1.3°F | 20.21 | 29.6 |
Over 32 complete years from 1969 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.8°F per century (+0.32°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00213104; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Georgetown's climate compare?
Georgetown is warmer than 50 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 9. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 42.1°F is warmer than 10%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Georgetown is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Georgetown share this climate record?
8 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.
- Harwood, ND839 people · 9 mi SW
- Argusville, ND477 people · 8 mi W
- Hunter, ND330 people · 22 mi W
- Arthur, ND325 people · 21 mi W
- Grandin, ND195 people · 15 mi NW
- Gardner, ND125 people · 10 mi NW
- Brooktree Park, ND119 people · 8 mi SW
- Perley, MN106 people · 7 mi N
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 Georgetown's climate
What is the coldest month in Georgetown?
January, with a normal high of 17°F and a normal low of −1°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Georgetown?
Yes: 41 inches in a normal year, falling on 27 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (10.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Georgetown?
June, with 4.24 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 0.72 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Georgetown in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Georgetown in zone 4a in ZIP code 56546, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Georgetown's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −28°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come in Georgetown?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 9; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Fargo, ND11 miles from this station, 42.2°F a year
- Moorhead, MN13 miles from this station, 42.2°F a year
- Ada, MN19 miles from this station, 40.0°F a year
- Casselton, ND25 miles from this station, 41.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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