Linton, ND Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Linton's primary NOAA station, LINTON.
The climate verdict for Linton
Winter sets the terms in Linton, North Dakota. A pronounced 60.4°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 43°F. July is the warmest month at 72°F and January the coldest at 11°F.
- 43°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 140 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Linton: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00325210 · Linton, ND 43°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #823
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lidgerwood
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-WIDE 60°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 8,602 HDD
- STN-1 USC00325210
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lidgerwood, 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 ND station list.
- Linton (this station) 43°F
- Cold White Rock Dam, MN 43°F
- Hot New London, MN 43°F
- Near Lidgerwood, ND 43°F
- Near Mellette, SD 43°F
Linton 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 · Linton
Linton: 17/100 · grade F
Linton publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Linton, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 188 calendar days | 21/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 42.9°F · 24.6° from 67.5°F | 12/100 · F |
Linton · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Linton sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Linton are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 88%
- Among 6,861 stations, Linton sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Linton is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22°F (-6°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 11°F (-11°C) | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 27°F (-3°C) | 5°F (-15°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | N/A | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | N/A | 27.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 17.7 | 0.1 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | N/A | 4.8 | 0.8 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 66°F (19°C) | N/A | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| July | 85°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 8.2 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (15°C) | N/A | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 15.7 | 0.2 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | N/A | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 28°F (-2°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 27, short of 90°F on every date, while 188 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 0°F near January 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 22, then returns to freezing around October 18, covering 188 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
April 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Linton.
Where Linton Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 188 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Linton 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 29
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 12
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,602
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
609
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside ND closest to Linton 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 (43°F here).
- Columbia, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Denio, NV 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Government Camp, OR 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Grand Meadow, MN 43°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Linton's climate pattern fits together
heating led · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Linton logs 8,602 heating degree days, more than twice its 609 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 140 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.
Linton's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 60.4°F between them. The annual average is 43°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Linton's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Linton'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 Linton, 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 Linton's primary station: LINTON (USC00325210). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 3846980). Match rule for Linton: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Linton 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.