New England, North Dakota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
New England's normal year runs from 6°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 15.9 inches of precipitation and 44 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.3°C, January lows of −14°C, July highs of 29°C, 404 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationNew England
- Station IDUSC00326315
- Location46.54°N 102.87°W
- Elevation2,600 ft (793 m)
- Population692
On October 23, the normal high in New England is 53°F and the normal low 28°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for New England.
- Jan 27° 6°
- Feb 31° 9°
- Mar 43° 19°
- Apr 55° 29°
- May 67° 41°
- Jun 76° 51°
- Jul 84° 56°
- Aug 84° 54°
- Sep 73° 45°
- Oct 57° 32°
- Nov 42° 19°
- Dec 31° 9°
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 New England each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 6°F. The most precipitation falls in June (3.23 in), the least in December (0.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27°F | 6°F | 16.7°F | 0.22 | 6.3 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 31°F | 9°F | 20.2°F | 0.35 | 7.0 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 43°F | 19°F | 30.9°F | 0.77 | 7.0 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 29°F | 42.3°F | 1.52 | 6.1 | 6 | <1 | 19 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 67°F | 41°F | 53.8°F | 2.64 | 1.3 | 8 | <1 | 5 | 15 h |
| June | 76°F | 51°F | 63.4°F | 3.23 | 0.1 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 84°F | 56°F | 70.0°F | 1.88 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 84°F | 54°F | 68.8°F | 1.62 | 0.0 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 73°F | 45°F | 58.9°F | 1.59 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 57°F | 32°F | 44.2°F | 1.49 | 4.2 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 11 h |
| November | 42°F | 19°F | 30.4°F | 0.39 | 5.9 | 3 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 31°F | 9°F | 19.9°F | 0.20 | 6.4 | 3 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 31°F | 43.3°F | 15.90 | 44.3 | 60 | 20 | 188 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3°C | −14°C | −8.5°C | 6 mm | 16 cm |
| February | 0°C | −13°C | −6.6°C | 9 mm | 18 cm |
| March | 6°C | −7°C | −0.6°C | 20 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 13°C | −2°C | 5.7°C | 39 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 67 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 24°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 13°C | 21.1°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 12°C | 20.4°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 7°C | 14.9°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 38 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 5°C | −7°C | −0.9°C | 10 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −1°C | −13°C | −6.7°C | 5 mm | 16 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00326315; 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 New England?
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 (4).
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 USC00326315.
When is the last frost in New England?
In New England, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 16 in half of years and after May 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 24 in half of years and before September 10 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 161 year in 10 after May 29; 9 in 10 after May 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 241 year in 10 before September 10; 9 in 10 before October 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 128 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 146 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 7 in half of springs and before October 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts New England in zone 4b in ZIP code 58647, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, New England's NOAA station is in zone 4a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (30 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in North Dakota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00326315; 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 New England?
In a normal year in New England, 20 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 188 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 60 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 20a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 188a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 65high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 60a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 114°F, on July 10, 1936; the lowest is −46°F, on February 14, 1936.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2019, with 23.89 in; the snowiest season is 1949–50, with 86.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00326315; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00326315. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is New England?
Over a year 78% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around New England, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (87%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 77% | 1.8 |
| February | 78% | 2.8 |
| March | 73% | 3.8 |
| April | 72% | 4.9 |
| May | 73% | 5.9 |
| June | 79% | 6.7 |
| July | 87% | 7.0 |
| August | 84% | 5.8 |
| September | 80% | 4.4 |
| October | 73% | 2.8 |
| November | 73% | 1.8 |
| December | 70% | 1.3 |
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 New England need?
A normal year in New England brings 8,317 heating degree days, 55% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 438 cooling degree days, 52% 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 2,164 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,497 | 0 |
| February | 1,254 | 0 |
| March | 1,057 | 0 |
| April | 683 | 0 |
| May | 355 | 9 |
| June | 105 | 57 |
| July | 24 | 178 |
| August | 39 | 157 |
| September | 218 | 35 |
| October | 646 | 1 |
| November | 1,038 | 0 |
| December | 1,400 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,317 | 438 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00326315. 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 New England been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 43.7°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.3°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.5°F | +0.2°F | 17.41 | – |
| 2024 | 44.6°F | +1.3°F | – | – |
| 2025 | 43.7°F | +0.4°F | 19.00 | – |
Over 84 complete years from 1889 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00326315; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does New England's climate compare?
New England is warmer than 85 of the other 91 places with their own NOAA record in North Dakota, and wetter than 5. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.3°F is warmer than 13%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, New England is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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.
Questions about New England's climate
What is the coldest month in New England?
January, with a normal high of 27°F and a normal low of 6°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in New England?
Yes: 44 inches in a normal year, falling on 23 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (7.0 inches).
What is the rainiest month in New England?
June, with 3.23 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is December with 0.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is New England in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts New England in zone 4b in ZIP code 58647, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at New England's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −27°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 4a.
How late can frost come in New England?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 16; in one year in ten it comes after May 29. Waiting until May 29 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
- Theodore Roosevelt Airport, ND18 miles from this station, 42.8°F a year
- Amidon, ND22 miles from this station, 44.5°F a year
- Dickinson, ND25 miles from this station, 42.0°F a year
- Mott, ND29 miles from this station, 42.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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