Itasca Univ of Minn, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Itasca Univ of Minn's primary NOAA station, ITASCA UNIV OF MINN.
The climate verdict for Itasca Univ of Minn
Winter sets the terms in Itasca Univ of Minn, Minnesota. A pronounced 60.6°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 39°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.
- 39°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.6"
- annual precipitation · 52" snow
- 132 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Itasca Univ of Minn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00214106 · Itasca Univ of Minn, MN 39°F mean · 27.6" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Stanley
- PRCP-MID 27.6"
- SWING-WIDE 61°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,794 HDD
- STN-1 USC00214106
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Stanley, 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 MN station list.
- Itasca Univ of… (this station) 39°F
- Hot Rugby, ND 39°F
- Near Stanley, ND 39°F
- Near Wildrose, ND 39°F
- Near Fosston, MN 39°F
Itasca Univ of Minn 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 · Itasca Univ of Minn
Itasca Univ of Minn: 22/100 · grade F
Itasca Univ of Minn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Itasca Univ of Minn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 27.6 in · 7.4 from 35 in | 74/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 51.6 inches/year | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 195 calendar days | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 132 days/year | 13/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.7°F · 28.8° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
Itasca Univ of Minn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Itasca Univ of Minn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 6.3°F and warmest-month mean 66.9°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
- 66.9°F
- Coldest month
- 6.3°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 Itasca Univ of Minn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Itasca Univ of Minn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Itasca Univ of Minn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Itasca Univ of Minn is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Itasca Univ of Minn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Itasca Univ of Minn'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
Itasca Univ of Minn's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 85 complete annual observations from 1914 to 2025, ITASCA UNIV OF MINN 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.
- Itasca Univ of Minn 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°F (-8°C) | -4°F (-20°C) | 6°F (-14°C) | 0.8" | 9.6" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 23°F (-5°C) | -2°F (-19°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 0.7" | 8.0" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 36°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.2" | 7.8" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.0" | 6.2" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 65°F (18°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.2" | 0.1" | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| June | 74°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| September | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| October | 52°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 2.9" | 1.0" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 35°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.3" | 9.1" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 22°F (-5°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.1" | 9.8" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 26, short of 90°F on every date, while 195 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -6°F near January 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 29, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 195 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 17, when 47% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is March 19 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 126 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Itasca Univ of Minn.
Where Itasca Univ of Minn Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 195 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Itasca Univ of Minn 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: 9.6"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.0"
7.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.8"
7.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
13.3 days with precipitation
13.9 days with precipitation
12.8 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.0"
11.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.1"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
10.0 days with precipitation
Itasca Univ of Minn runs a summer-peaked wet season
41% of Itasca Univ of Minn'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 4.6", on a wide 60.6°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, August, taking 41% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.7".
- 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.
How Itasca Univ of Minn's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 126 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 27.6" between them, or roughly 0.22 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 Itasca Univ of Minn
Itasca Univ of Minn averages 51.6 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 32 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: 51.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 32 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 19% 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 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
132 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,794
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
262
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Itasca Univ of Minn 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 (39°F here).
- Dillon, MT 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Leeds, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Stanley, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Rugby, ND 39°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Llano, TX 27.6" · 0.0" off
- Oakdale, NE 27.6" · 0.0" off
- Holdrege, NE 27.6" · 0.0" off
- Hammon, OK 27.6" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Itasca Univ of Minn
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Itasca Univ of Minn logs 9,794 heating degree days, more than twice its 262 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 60.6°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 132 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. Itasca Univ of Minn coldest normal
January
Averaging 6°F (-14°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Itasca Univ of Minn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Itasca Univ of Minn snow peak
December
Itasca Univ of Minn averages 51.6 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 Itasca Univ of Minn's primary station: ITASCA UNIV OF MINN (USC00214106). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Itasca Univ of Minn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Itasca Univ of Minn 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.