Minneapolis, Kansas climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Minneapolis's normal year runs from 18°F January nights to 93°F July afternoons, with 31.7 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.8°C, January lows of −8°C, July highs of 34°C, 806 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMinneapolis
- Station IDUSC00145363
- Location39.12°N 97.70°W
- Elevation1,306 ft (398 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population1,939
On October 23, the normal high in Minneapolis is 66°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 21%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Minneapolis.
- Jan 40° 18°
- Feb 46° 21°
- Mar 57° 31°
- Apr 67° 41°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 88° 63°
- Jul 93° 68°
- Aug 91° 66°
- Sep 83° 57°
- Oct 70° 43°
- Nov 55° 31°
- Dec 43° 21°
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 Minneapolis each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 18°F. The most precipitation falls in May (5.17 in), the least in January (0.86 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 18°F | 29.3°F | 0.86 | 4.7 | 5 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 46°F | 21°F | 33.5°F | 1.16 | 3.4 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 31°F | 43.8°F | 1.92 | 2.2 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 41°F | 53.9°F | 2.42 | 0.9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 64.7°F | 5.17 | 0.0 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 88°F | 63°F | 75.4°F | 3.98 | 0.0 | 9 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 93°F | 68°F | 80.8°F | 4.40 | 0.0 | 10 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 91°F | 66°F | 78.1°F | 4.20 | 0.0 | 10 | 18 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 57°F | 69.7°F | 2.69 | 0.0 | 7 | 9 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 43°F | 56.5°F | 2.39 | 0.3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 55°F | 31°F | 42.8°F | 1.24 | 1.6 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 10 h |
| December | 43°F | 21°F | 31.9°F | 1.29 | 4.5 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 31.72 | 17.6 | 94 | 69 | 120 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −8°C | −1.5°C | 22 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8°C | −6°C | 0.8°C | 29 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 14°C | −1°C | 6.6°C | 49 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 61 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.2°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 17°C | 24.1°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 20°C | 27.1°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 19°C | 25.6°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 14°C | 20.9°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 6°C | 13.6°C | 61 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −1°C | 6.0°C | 31 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 6°C | −6°C | −0.1°C | 33 mm | 11 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145363; 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 Minneapolis?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00145363.
When is the last frost in Minneapolis?
In Minneapolis, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 20 in half of years and after May 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 in half of years and before October 3 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
- April 201 year in 10 after May 3; 9 in 10 after April 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 3; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 181 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 202 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 10 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Minneapolis in zone 6b in ZIP code 67467, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Minneapolis's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Kansas · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00145363; 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 Minneapolis?
In a normal year in Minneapolis, 69 days a year reach 90°F (14 of them 100°F or more), 120 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 94 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 69a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 120a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 94a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1892) is 119°F, on August 13, 1936; the lowest is −29°F, on February 12, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1951, with 55.46 in; the snowiest season is 2000–01, with 48.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00145363; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00145363. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Minneapolis?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Minneapolis, 4.5 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (85%) and February the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 2.3 |
| February | 73% | 3.1 |
| March | 73% | 4.2 |
| April | 74% | 5.3 |
| May | 75% | 6.0 |
| June | 84% | 6.9 |
| July | 85% | 6.7 |
| August | 84% | 5.9 |
| September | 83% | 4.9 |
| October | 79% | 3.6 |
| November | 79% | 2.6 |
| December | 74% | 2.0 |
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 Minneapolis need?
A normal year in Minneapolis brings 5,153 heating degree days, 4% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,561 cooling degree days, 72% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,195 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,107 | 0 |
| February | 881 | 0 |
| March | 659 | 2 |
| April | 349 | 16 |
| May | 114 | 105 |
| June | 7 | 320 |
| July | 0 | 488 |
| August | 2 | 408 |
| September | 50 | 191 |
| October | 294 | 30 |
| November | 667 | 1 |
| December | 1,024 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,153 | 1,561 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00145363. 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 Minneapolis been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 55.9°F, 0.9°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 55.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.5°F | +1.5°F | 26.62 | – |
| 2022 | 55.2°F | +0.2°F | 24.47 | 20.6 |
| 2023 | 57.1°F | +2.1°F | 22.61 | 12.7 |
| 2024 | 57.7°F | +2.7°F | 25.52 | 12.0 |
| 2025 | 55.9°F | +0.9°F | 29.48 | 22.7 |
Over 102 complete years from 1891 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°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 USC00145363; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Minneapolis's climate compare?
Minneapolis is warmer than 71 of the other 136 places with their own NOAA record in Kansas, and wetter than 67. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.0°F is warmer than 60%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Minneapolis is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Minneapolis share this climate record?
6 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.
- Bennington, KS649 people · 9 mi SE
- Delphos, KS301 people · 11 mi N
- Tescott, KS266 people · 12 mi SW
- Culver, KS115 people · 11 mi S
- Ada, KS70 people · 10 mi W
- Wells, KS0 people · 8 mi E
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 Minneapolis's climate
What is the coldest month in Minneapolis?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 18°F. The warmest is July (93°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Minneapolis?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 14 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (4.7 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Minneapolis?
May, with 5.17 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.86 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Minneapolis in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Minneapolis in zone 6b in ZIP code 67467, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Minneapolis's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Minneapolis?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 20; in one year in ten it comes after May 3. Waiting until May 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Kansas climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Salina, KS22 miles from this station, 55.8°F a year
- Lincoln (1 mi SE), KS24 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Smolan, KS27 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Concordia, KS30 miles from this station, 54.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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