Jordan, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Jordan's normal year runs from 5°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 33.3 inches of precipitation and 40 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.8°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 27°C, 846 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationJordan (1 mi SSW)
- Station IDUSC00214176
- Location44.65°N 93.64°W
- Elevation900 ft (274 m)
- Population6,831
On October 22, the normal high in Jordan is 55°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 22%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Jordan.
- Jan 22° 5°
- Feb 27° 9°
- Mar 40° 21°
- Apr 55° 34°
- May 67° 46°
- Jun 77° 57°
- Jul 81° 61°
- Aug 78° 58°
- Sep 72° 50°
- Oct 58° 38°
- Nov 41° 25°
- Dec 27° 12°
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 Jordan each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 5°F. The most precipitation falls in August (5.19 in), the least in January (0.81 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°F | 5°F | 13.6°F | 0.81 | 6.4 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 10 min |
| February | 27°F | 9°F | 17.8°F | 0.89 | 10.2 | 4 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 40°F | 21°F | 30.4°F | 1.76 | 5.2 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 34°F | 44.3°F | 2.81 | 3.6 | 8 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 46°F | 56.7°F | 4.47 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| June | 77°F | 57°F | 67.3°F | 5.06 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| July | 81°F | 61°F | 70.9°F | 3.76 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| August | 78°F | 58°F | 68.3°F | 5.19 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 72°F | 50°F | 60.9°F | 3.20 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 58°F | 38°F | 47.7°F | 2.66 | 0.4 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h |
| November | 41°F | 25°F | 33.0°F | 1.55 | 3.0 | 5 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 27°F | 12°F | 19.8°F | 1.16 | 11.0 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 8 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 54°F | 35°F | 44.2°F | 33.32 | 39.8 | 88 | 6 | 163 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6°C | −15°C | −10.2°C | 21 mm | 16 cm |
| February | −3°C | −13°C | −7.9°C | 23 mm | 26 cm |
| March | 4°C | −6°C | −0.9°C | 45 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 13°C | 1°C | 6.8°C | 71 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 13.7°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 14°C | 19.6°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 16°C | 21.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 15°C | 20.2°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 10°C | 16.1°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 3°C | 8.7°C | 68 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5°C | −4°C | 0.6°C | 39 mm | 8 cm |
| December | −3°C | −11°C | −6.8°C | 29 mm | 28 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00214176; 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 Jordan?
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 (8).
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 USC00214176.
When is the last frost in Jordan?
In Jordan, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 2 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 21 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 21 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 21; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 153 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 174 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before October 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Jordan in zone 4b in ZIP code 55352, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Jordan's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (19 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 USC00214176; 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 Jordan?
In a normal year in Jordan, 6 days a year reach 90°F, 163 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 88 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 6a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 163a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 78high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 88a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 105°F, on July 31, 1988; the lowest is −41°F, on January 19, 1970.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1993, with 41.92 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 89.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00214176; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00214176. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Jordan?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Jordan, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and December the cloudiest (62%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 1.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.0 |
| March | 69% | 3.7 |
| April | 68% | 4.7 |
| May | 69% | 5.4 |
| June | 74% | 6.0 |
| July | 82% | 6.4 |
| August | 79% | 5.4 |
| September | 76% | 4.2 |
| October | 69% | 2.7 |
| November | 67% | 1.8 |
| December | 62% | 1.3 |
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 Jordan need?
A normal year in Jordan brings 8,057 heating degree days, 50% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 532 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 2,478 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,593 | 0 |
| February | 1,320 | 0 |
| March | 1,071 | 0 |
| April | 621 | 2 |
| May | 285 | 28 |
| June | 52 | 121 |
| July | 12 | 195 |
| August | 29 | 132 |
| September | 174 | 51 |
| October | 541 | 5 |
| November | 959 | 0 |
| December | 1,400 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,057 | 532 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00214176. 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 Jordan been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.9°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46.8°F | +2.6°F | 25.67 | 37.4 |
| 2022 | 43.1°F | −1.1°F | 22.12 | 49.3 |
| 2023 | 46.7°F | +2.5°F | 30.72 | 54.0 |
| 2024 | 48.2°F | +4.0°F | 35.17 | 23.2 |
| 2025 | 45.9°F | +1.7°F | 34.03 | 36.7 |
Over 61 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.5°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00214176; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Jordan's climate compare?
Jordan is warmer than 84 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 95. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.2°F is warmer than 16%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Jordan 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 Jordan share this climate record?
5 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.
- New Prague, MN8,235 people · 8 mi S
- Belle Plaine, MN7,444 people · 7 mi W
- Montgomery, MN3,537 people · 14 mi S
- Hamburg, MN548 people · 17 mi W
- Heidelberg, MN135 people · 11 mi S
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 Jordan's climate
What is the coldest month in Jordan?
January, with a normal high of 22°F and a normal low of 5°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Jordan?
Yes: 40 inches in a normal year, falling on 15 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (11.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Jordan?
August, with 5.19 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.81 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Jordan in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Jordan in zone 4b in ZIP code 55352, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Jordan's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −20°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Jordan?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 2; in one year in ten it comes after May 18. Waiting until May 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Chaska, MN11 miles from this station, 44.1°F a year
- Chanhassen, MN14 miles from this station, 44.6°F a year
- Eden Prairie, MN15 miles from this station, 46.7°F a year
- Farmington, MN23 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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