Wolf Ridge Elc, MN Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wolf Ridge Elc's primary NOAA station, WOLF RIDGE ELC.
The climate verdict for Wolf Ridge Elc
Winter sets the terms in Wolf Ridge Elc, Minnesota. A pronounced 55.2°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 39°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 39°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 32.5"
- annual precipitation · 94" snow
- 139 days
- frost-free growing season
Wolf Ridge Elc: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00219134 · Wolf Ridge Elc, MN 39°F mean · 32.5" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Champion Van Ri…
- PRCP-MID 32.5"
- SWING-WIDE 55°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,634 HDD
- STN-1 USC00219134
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Champion Van Riper Park, MI (+ 0.1 °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.
- Wolf Ridge Elc (this station) 39°F
- Cold Pittston Farm, ME 39°F
- Hot Opheim, MT 39°F
- Near Champion Van Ri…, MI 39°F
- Near Pittston Farms…, ME 39°F
Wolf Ridge Elc 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 · Wolf Ridge Elc
Wolf Ridge Elc: 25/100 · grade F
Wolf Ridge Elc publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wolf Ridge Elc, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 32.5 in · 2.5 from 35 in | 91/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 186 calendar days | 22/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.9°F · 28.6° from 67.5°F | 2/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 94.2 inches/year | 1/100 · F |
Wolf Ridge Elc · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wolf Ridge Elc is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 10.1°F and warmest-month mean 65.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 65.3°F
- Coldest month
- 10.1°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 Wolf Ridge Elc sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wolf Ridge Elc's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Wolf Ridge Elc sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 43rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 92%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wolf Ridge Elc is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wolf Ridge Elc compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wolf Ridge Elc's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°F (-7°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 1.3" | 24.0" | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 24°F (-4°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 1.2" | 15.5" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.7" | 12.1" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 2.7" | 8.5" | 21.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (15°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.5" | 0.4" | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| July | 76°F (24°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| August | 74°F (24°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| September | 65°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.3" | 0.0" | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| October | 51°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 3.5" | 1.5" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 36°F (2°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.7" | 10.0" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 24°F (-4°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 17°F (-9°C) | 2.0" | 22.2" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 77°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 186 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 0°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 24, then returns to freezing around October 22, covering 186 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 June 10, when 43% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 29 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 129 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wolf Ridge Elc.
Where Wolf Ridge Elc Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 186 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Wolf Ridge Elc earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 24.0"
10.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.5"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.1"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
11.8 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.2"
10.2 days with precipitation
Wolf Ridge Elc spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 14%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wolf Ridge Elc has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 55.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.0" and February 1.2". The three wettest months together take 34% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Wolf Ridge Elc's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 129 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 32.5" between them, or roughly 0.25 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.
Winter brings real snow to Wolf Ridge Elc
Wolf Ridge Elc averages 94.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 48 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 94.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 48 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 29% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,634
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
175
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside MN closest to Wolf Ridge Elc 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 (39°F here).
- Amasa, MI 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Ovando, MT 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Rugby, ND 39°F · 0.1°F off
- Wildrose, ND 39°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (32.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jim Falls, WI 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Fort Worth, TX 32.6" · 0.0" off
- Archer City, TX 32.5" · 0.1" off
- Jackson, WI 32.6" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wolf Ridge Elc
heating led · moderate · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Wolf Ridge Elc logs 9,634 heating degree days, more than twice its 175 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.2°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 139 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Wolf Ridge Elc coldest normal
January
Averaging 10°F (-12°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Wolf Ridge Elc typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wolf Ridge Elc snow peak
January
Wolf Ridge Elc averages 94.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Wolf Ridge Elc's primary station: WOLF RIDGE ELC (USC00219134). 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 Wolf Ridge Elc; 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 Wolf Ridge Elc 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.