Mpls Flying Cloud, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mpls Flying Cloud's primary NOAA station, MPLS FLYING CLOUD AP.
The climate verdict for Mpls Flying Cloud
Winter sets the terms in Mpls Flying Cloud, Minnesota. A pronounced 57.7°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 47°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 30.6"
- precipitation, annual total
- 174 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Mpls Flying Cloud: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00094963 · Mpls Flying Cloud, MN 47°F mean · 30.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,784
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lake Sharpe Prj
- PRCP-MID 30.6"
- SWING-WIDE 58°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,430 HDD
- STN-1 USW00094963
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lake Sharpe Prj, SD (+ 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 MN station list.
- Mpls Flying Clo… (this station) 47°F
- Cold Howard, SD 47°F
- Hot Hawarden, IA 47°F
- Near Lake Sharpe Prj, SD 47°F
- Near Glendive, MT 47°F
Mpls Flying Cloud sits in Minnesota, the #3 coldest U.S. state at 42.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Mpls Flying Cloud
Mpls Flying Cloud: 47/100 · grade D
Mpls Flying Cloud publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mpls Flying Cloud, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 30.6 in · 4.4 from 35 in | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 150 calendar days | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.7°F · 20.8° from 67.5°F | 26/100 · F |
Mpls Flying Cloud · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mpls Flying Cloud is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 16.1°F and warmest-month mean 73.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 73.8°F
- Coldest month
- 16.1°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 Mpls Flying Cloud sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mpls Flying Cloud's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 74%
- Among 6,861 stations, Mpls Flying Cloud sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 41st percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 95%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Mpls Flying Cloud is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mpls Flying Cloud compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mpls Flying Cloud's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 24°F (-4°C) | 8°F (-13°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 0.7" | 30.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 29°F (-2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 0.6" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (5°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.7" | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 3.9" | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 2.5 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 6.2 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.0" | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.3" | 6.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 43°F (6°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 20.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 29°F (-2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 0.9" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 150 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 2, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 150 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 31, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is December 24 at 17%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 107 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 1 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mpls Flying Cloud.
Where Mpls Flying Cloud Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Mpls Flying Cloud 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
5.6 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
Mpls Flying Cloud runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Mpls Flying Cloud'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 4.7", on a wide 57.7°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, August, July, taking 45% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: February at 0.6".
- Winter share: 7% 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.
How Mpls Flying Cloud's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 107 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 30.6" between them, or roughly 0.29 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,430
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
787
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Mpls Flying Cloud 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 (47°F here).
- Allison, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- American Falls, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Cherokee, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Forsyth, MT 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (30.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brownwood, TX 30.6" · 0.0" off
- Elk City, ID 30.6" · 0.0" off
- Santa Cruz, CA 30.6" · 0.0" off
- Standish, MI 30.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mpls Flying Cloud's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Mpls Flying Cloud logs 7,430 heating degree days, more than twice its 787 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 57.7°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Mpls Flying Cloud's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Mpls Flying Cloud's calendar has a pronounced split: July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, with 57.7°F between them. The annual average is 47°F. That average is context, while the monthly highs, lows, and precipitation totals describe the lived parts of the year.
Mpls Flying Cloud's 30.6 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Mpls Flying Cloud'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 Mpls Flying Cloud, 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 Mpls Flying Cloud's primary station: MPLS FLYING CLOUD AP (USW00094963). 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 Mpls Flying Cloud; 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 Mpls Flying Cloud 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.