Lisbon, North Dakota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lisbon's normal year runs from 0°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 22.3 inches of precipitation and 47 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 5.2°C, January lows of −18°C, July highs of 28°C, 566 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLisbon
- Station IDUSC00325220
- Location46.44°N 97.69°W
- Elevation1,149 ft (350 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population2,175
On October 23, the normal high in Lisbon is 52°F and the normal low 29°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 Lisbon.
- Jan 19° 0°
- Feb 24° 3°
- Mar 37° 16°
- Apr 54° 29°
- May 67° 43°
- Jun 77° 54°
- Jul 82° 58°
- Aug 81° 55°
- Sep 72° 46°
- Oct 56° 32°
- Nov 39° 19°
- Dec 25° 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 Lisbon each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 0°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.40 in), the least in January (0.71 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°F | 0°F | 9.1°F | 0.71 | 9.7 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 24°F | 3°F | 13.5°F | 0.89 | 7.1 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 37°F | 16°F | 26.6°F | 0.96 | 7.8 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 54°F | 29°F | 41.3°F | 1.52 | 4.5 | 7 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 3.11 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 15 h |
| June | 77°F | 54°F | 65.5°F | 3.40 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 82°F | 58°F | 70.2°F | 2.90 | 0.0 | 10 | 5 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 81°F | 55°F | 68.0°F | 2.65 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| September | 72°F | 46°F | 58.9°F | 2.40 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 56°F | 32°F | 44.1°F | 2.20 | 1.5 | 7 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| November | 39°F | 19°F | 28.9°F | 0.78 | 7.4 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 25°F | 7°F | 15.9°F | 0.75 | 8.7 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 53°F | 30°F | 41.4°F | 22.27 | 46.7 | 83 | 14 | 182 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7°C | −18°C | −12.7°C | 18 mm | 25 cm |
| February | −5°C | −16°C | −10.3°C | 23 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 3°C | −9°C | −3.0°C | 24 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12°C | −2°C | 5.2°C | 39 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 15°C | 21.2°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 13°C | 20.0°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 8°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 56 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4°C | −7°C | −1.7°C | 20 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −4°C | −14°C | −8.9°C | 19 mm | 22 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00325220; 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 Lisbon?
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 (7).
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 USC00325220.
When is the last frost in Lisbon?
In Lisbon, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 12 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 14 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 121 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 14; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 136 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 155 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 3 in half of springs and before October 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lisbon in zone 4a in ZIP code 58054, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Dakota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00325220; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 Lisbon?
In a normal year in Lisbon, 14 days a year reach 90°F, 182 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 83 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 182a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 87high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 83a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 14a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 113°F, on July 7, 1936; the lowest is −47°F, on January 31, 2019.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 30.42 in; the snowiest season is 2022–23, with 87.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00325220; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00325220. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lisbon?
Over a year 76% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lisbon, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. February is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 1.8 |
| February | 83% | 3.0 |
| March | 75% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 4.9 |
| May | 71% | 5.6 |
| June | 75% | 6.2 |
| July | 82% | 6.5 |
| August | 81% | 5.4 |
| September | 77% | 4.1 |
| October | 69% | 2.6 |
| November | 67% | 1.6 |
| 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 Lisbon need?
A normal year in Lisbon brings 9,014 heating degree days, 68% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 462 cooling degree days, 49% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,230 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,733 | 0 |
| February | 1,441 | 0 |
| March | 1,189 | 0 |
| April | 712 | 1 |
| May | 330 | 18 |
| June | 79 | 92 |
| July | 19 | 180 |
| August | 41 | 134 |
| September | 219 | 36 |
| October | 648 | 2 |
| November | 1,083 | 0 |
| December | 1,522 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,014 | 462 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00325220. 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 Lisbon been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 42.8°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 41.4°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44.4°F | +3.0°F | 21.29 | 39.7 |
| 2022 | 40.1°F | −1.3°F | 24.60 | 72.1 |
| 2023 | 42.3°F | +0.9°F | 22.90 | 46.6 |
| 2024 | 45.0°F | +3.6°F | 22.01 | 17.2 |
| 2025 | 42.8°F | +1.4°F | 24.96 | 31.7 |
Over 74 complete years from 1904 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.2°F per century (+0.18°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00325220; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lisbon's climate compare?
Lisbon is warmer than 49 of the other 91 places with their own NOAA record in North Dakota, and wetter than 66. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 41.4°F is warmer than 8%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lisbon 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 Lisbon share this climate record?
3 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.
- Fort Ransom, ND100 people · 13 mi NW
- Elliott, ND21 people · 7 mi SW
- Englevale, ND12 people · 11 mi W
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 Lisbon's climate
What is the coldest month in Lisbon?
January, with a normal high of 19°F and a normal low of 0°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Lisbon?
Yes: 47 inches in a normal year, falling on 23 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (9.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Lisbon?
June, with 3.40 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.71 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lisbon in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lisbon in zone 4a in ZIP code 58054, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Lisbon?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 12; 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
- North Dakota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Enderlin, ND12 miles from this station, 45.0°F a year
- McLeod (3 mi E), ND22 miles from this station, 42.2°F a year
- Oakes, ND28 miles from this station, 41.6°F a year
- Forman, ND29 miles from this station, 41.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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