Sherburn, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sherburn's normal year runs from 6°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 30.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.2°C, January lows of −15°C, July highs of 28°C, 780 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSherburn (3 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSC00217602
- Location43.63°N 94.77°W
- Elevation1,320 ft (402 m)
- Population1,050
On October 22, the normal high in Sherburn is 57°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sherburn.
- Jan 24° 6°
- Feb 28° 10°
- Mar 40° 22°
- Apr 57° 34°
- May 69° 47°
- Jun 79° 58°
- Jul 82° 61°
- Aug 79° 58°
- Sep 74° 49°
- Oct 60° 36°
- Nov 43° 23°
- Dec 29° 12°
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 Sherburn each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 6°F. The most precipitation falls in May (4.83 in), the least in January (0.64 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F | 6°F | 14.6°F | 0.64 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| February | 28°F | 10°F | 18.9°F | 0.79 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 40°F | 22°F | 31.3°F | 1.45 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 34°F | 45.2°F | 3.15 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 57.9°F | 4.83 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| June | 79°F | 58°F | 68.5°F | 4.82 | 11 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 20 min |
| July | 82°F | 61°F | 71.5°F | 4.05 | 8 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| August | 79°F | 58°F | 68.8°F | 2.77 | 9 | 1 | <1 | 14 h |
| September | 74°F | 49°F | 61.7°F | 3.08 | 8 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 36°F | 48.3°F | 2.87 | 7 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 43°F | 23°F | 33.3°F | 1.37 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| December | 29°F | 12°F | 20.5°F | 0.90 | 6 | <1 | 30 | 9 h |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 35°F | 45.0°F | 30.72 | 87 | 9 | 161 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5°C | −15°C | −9.7°C | 16 mm |
| February | −2°C | −12°C | −7.3°C | 20 mm |
| March | 5°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 37 mm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 80 mm |
| May | 20°C | 8°C | 14.4°C | 123 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 20.3°C | 122 mm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 21.9°C | 103 mm |
| August | 26°C | 15°C | 20.4°C | 70 mm |
| September | 23°C | 10°C | 16.5°C | 78 mm |
| October | 16°C | 2°C | 9.1°C | 73 mm |
| November | 6°C | −5°C | 0.7°C | 35 mm |
| December | −2°C | −11°C | −6.4°C | 23 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Lakefield (20 miles away), gets 49 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00217602; 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 Sherburn?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (8).
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 USC00217602.
When is the last frost in Sherburn?
In Sherburn, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 28 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 8 in half of years and before September 23 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 281 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 81 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 162 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 184 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 20 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sherburn in zone 5a in ZIP code 56171, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00217602; 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 Sherburn?
In a normal year in Sherburn, 9 days a year reach 90°F, 161 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 87 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 9a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 161a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 77high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 87a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00217602.
How sunny is Sherburn?
Over a year 74% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sherburn, 4.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (83%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 1.9 |
| February | 77% | 3.0 |
| March | 71% | 3.8 |
| April | 69% | 4.8 |
| May | 70% | 5.5 |
| June | 75% | 6.2 |
| July | 83% | 6.5 |
| August | 80% | 5.5 |
| September | 78% | 4.3 |
| October | 72% | 2.9 |
| November | 70% | 2.0 |
| December | 66% | 1.5 |
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 Sherburn need?
A normal year in Sherburn brings 7,822 heating degree days, 46% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 588 cooling degree days, 35% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,620 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,562 | 0 |
| February | 1,290 | 0 |
| March | 1,045 | 0 |
| April | 595 | 1 |
| May | 256 | 36 |
| June | 36 | 142 |
| July | 9 | 212 |
| August | 27 | 143 |
| September | 152 | 51 |
| October | 522 | 4 |
| November | 951 | 0 |
| December | 1,378 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,822 | 588 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00217602. 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 Sherburn been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 46.7°F, 1.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.2°F | +2.2°F | 26.80 |
| 2022 | 43.7°F | −1.3°F | 23.45 |
| 2023 | 46.5°F | +1.5°F | 26.47 |
| 2024 | 48.4°F | +3.4°F | 38.31 |
| 2025 | 46.7°F | +1.7°F | 33.58 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00217602. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Sherburn's climate compare?
Sherburn is warmer than 104 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 67. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.0°F is warmer than 19%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sherburn 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 Sherburn share this climate record?
4 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.
- Trimont, MN689 people · 10 mi N
- Superior, IA127 people · 16 mi SW
- Alpha, MN96 people · 5 mi W
- Dolliver, IA63 people · 14 mi SE
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 Sherburn's climate
What is the coldest month in Sherburn?
January, with a normal high of 24°F and a normal low of 6°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Sherburn?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Sherburn's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Lakefield (20 miles away), records 49 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Sherburn?
May, with 4.83 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.64 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sherburn in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sherburn in zone 5a in ZIP code 56171, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Sherburn?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 28; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Estherville, IA16 miles from this station, 44.6°F a year
- Fairmont, MN16 miles from this station, 46.1°F a year
- Lakefield, MN19 miles from this station, 44.0°F a year
- Spirit Lake, IA23 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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