Lake Metigoshe State Park, ND 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 Lake Metigoshe State Park's primary NOAA station, LAKE METIGOSHE SP.
The climate verdict for Lake Metigoshe State Park
Winter sets the terms in Lake Metigoshe State Park, North Dakota. A pronounced 60.4°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 37°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 37°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 19.6"
- annual precipitation
- 130 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Lake Metigoshe State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00324879 · Lake Metigoshe State Park, ND 37°F mean · 19.6" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 37°F
- RANK-COOL #137
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Edmore
- PRCP-DRY 19.6"
- SWING-WIDE 60°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 10,327 HDD
- STN-1 USC00324879
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Edmore, ND (+ 0.2 °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 ND station list.
- Lake Metigoshe… (this station) 37°F
- Cold Tower, MN 37°F
- Hot Edmore, ND 37°F
- Near Brimson, MN 37°F
- Near Hibbing Chishol…, MN 37°F
Lake Metigoshe State Park sits in North Dakota, the #2 coldest U.S. state at 41.0°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Lake Metigoshe State Park
Lake Metigoshe State Park: 15/100 · grade F
Lake Metigoshe State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Metigoshe State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 19.6 in · 15.4 from 35 in | 46/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 130 days/year | 12/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 37.1°F · 30.4° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
Lake Metigoshe State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Metigoshe State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 5.4°F and warmest-month mean 65.8°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
- 65.8°F
- Coldest month
- 5.4°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 Lake Metigoshe State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Metigoshe State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 98%
- Among 6,861 stations, Lake Metigoshe State Park sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 73%
- Lake Metigoshe State Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lake Metigoshe State Park is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Metigoshe State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Metigoshe State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°F (-9°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 0.5" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 20°F (-6°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 0.7" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 32°F (0°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 0.8" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.0" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.7" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| August | 76°F (24°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| September | 67°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.7" | 1.6 | 0.1 |
| October | 50°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.4" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 32°F (0°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.8" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 20°F (-7°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 0.6" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 29, short of 90°F on every date, while 200 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -6°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 28, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 200 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
August 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake Metigoshe State Park.
Where Lake Metigoshe State Park Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 200 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Lake Metigoshe State Park 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
Lake Metigoshe State Park runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Lake Metigoshe State Park'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 3.9", on a wide 60.4°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, May, taking 49% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: January at 0.5".
- 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
130 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
10,327
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
181
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Lake Metigoshe State Park 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 (37°F here).
- Palmer, AK 37°F · 0.0°F off
- Grand Lake, CO 37°F · 0.2°F off
- Tower, MN 37°F · 0.2°F off
- Island Park, ID 37°F · 0.3°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (19.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Big Spring, TX 19.6" · 0.0" off
- Black Forest, CO 19.6" · 0.0" off
- Fraser, CO 19.6" · 0.0" off
- Hershey, NE 19.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lake Metigoshe State Park's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Lake Metigoshe State Park logs 10,327 heating degree days, more than twice its 181 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 60.4°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 130 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 60.4°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 37°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Lake Metigoshe State Park.
Lake Metigoshe State Park's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 19.6 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lake Metigoshe State Park'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 Lake Metigoshe State Park, 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 Lake Metigoshe State Park's primary station: LAKE METIGOSHE SP (USC00324879). 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 Lake Metigoshe State Park; 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 Lake Metigoshe State Park 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.