Wright, Minnesota climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wright's normal year runs from −3°F January nights to 76°F July afternoons, with 31.2 inches of precipitation and 59 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 3.3°C, January lows of −19°C, July highs of 25°C, 791 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWright (3 mi E)
- Station IDUSC00219173
- Location46.68°N 92.95°W
- Elevation1,330 ft (405 m)
- Population169
On October 22, the normal high in Wright is 49°F and the normal low 30°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 29%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wright.
- Jan 18° -3°
- Feb 24° 0°
- Mar 36° 13°
- Apr 50° 26°
- May 64° 37°
- Jun 72° 47°
- Jul 76° 52°
- Aug 75° 50°
- Sep 66° 43°
- Oct 52° 32°
- Nov 36° 19°
- Dec 23° 5°
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 Wright each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 76°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of −3°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.72 in), the least in January (0.63 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°F | −3°F | 7.7°F | 0.63 | 10.6 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 9 h |
| February | 24°F | 0°F | 12.0°F | 0.81 | 11.9 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| March | 36°F | 13°F | 24.5°F | 1.48 | 8.3 | 6 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 50°F | 26°F | 37.9°F | 2.33 | 4.7 | 9 | <1 | 22 | 13 h 30 min |
| May | 64°F | 37°F | 50.3°F | 3.50 | 0.2 | 10 | <1 | 7 | 15 h |
| June | 72°F | 47°F | 59.3°F | 4.72 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 50 min |
| July | 76°F | 52°F | 64.0°F | 4.36 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 30 min |
| August | 75°F | 50°F | 62.4°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| September | 66°F | 43°F | 54.9°F | 3.24 | 0.0 | 9 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 40 min |
| October | 52°F | 32°F | 42.1°F | 3.26 | 2.0 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 11 h |
| November | 36°F | 19°F | 27.1°F | 1.53 | 9.2 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 30 min |
| December | 23°F | 5°F | 13.9°F | 1.17 | 12.3 | 7 | <1 | 31 | 8 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 49°F | 27°F | 38.0°F | 31.16 | 59.2 | 101 | 1 | 190 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8°C | −19°C | −13.5°C | 16 mm | 27 cm |
| February | −5°C | −18°C | −11.1°C | 21 mm | 30 cm |
| March | 2°C | −11°C | −4.2°C | 38 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 10°C | −4°C | 3.3°C | 59 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18°C | 3°C | 10.2°C | 89 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22°C | 8°C | 15.2°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25°C | 11°C | 17.8°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 2°C | −7°C | −2.7°C | 39 mm | 23 cm |
| December | −5°C | −15°C | −10.1°C | 30 mm | 31 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00219173; 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 Wright?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (9).
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 USC00219173.
When is the last frost in Wright?
In Wright, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 31 in half of years and after June 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 18 in half of years and before September 1 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 311 year in 10 after June 20; 9 in 10 after May 15
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 181 year in 10 before September 1; 9 in 10 before October 2
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 107 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 133 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 17 in half of springs and before September 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wright in zone 4a in ZIP code 55798, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wright's NOAA station is in zone 3b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°F (25 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 Minnesota · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00219173; 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 Wright?
In a normal year in Wright, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 190 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 101 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 190a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 96high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 101a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 100°F, on July 27, 1988; the lowest is −52°F, on January 15, 1972.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1991, with 40.63 in; the snowiest season is 1970–71, with 95.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00219173; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00219173. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wright?
Over a year 72% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wright, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (79%) and December the cloudiest (60%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 1.6 |
| February | 76% | 2.7 |
| March | 73% | 3.8 |
| April | 69% | 4.7 |
| May | 68% | 5.4 |
| June | 72% | 5.9 |
| July | 79% | 6.2 |
| August | 77% | 5.2 |
| September | 72% | 3.8 |
| October | 65% | 2.4 |
| November | 63% | 1.5 |
| December | 60% | 1.1 |
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 Wright need?
A normal year in Wright brings 9,930 heating degree days, 85% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 131 cooling degree days, 86% fewer than the median (908). Nine months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,457 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,775 | 0 |
| February | 1,484 | 0 |
| March | 1,256 | 0 |
| April | 813 | 0 |
| May | 461 | 4 |
| June | 192 | 20 |
| July | 86 | 55 |
| August | 119 | 40 |
| September | 317 | 12 |
| October | 710 | 0 |
| November | 1,136 | 0 |
| December | 1,583 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 9,930 | 131 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00219173. 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 Wright been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 40.0°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 38.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40.1°F | +2.1°F | 25.16 | 40.7 |
| 2022 | 35.6°F | −2.4°F | 32.30 | 72.5 |
| 2023 | 41.1°F | +3.1°F | 25.60 | 62.2 |
| 2024 | 43.1°F | +5.1°F | 27.88 | 30.1 |
| 2025 | 40.0°F | +2.0°F | 22.58 | 45.8 |
Over 49 complete years from 1962 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 6.6°F per century (+0.37°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00219173; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wright's climate compare?
Wright is warmer than 9 of the other 128 places with their own NOAA record in Minnesota, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 38.0°F is warmer than 3%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wright 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 Wright share this climate record?
2 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.
- Cromwell, MN246 people · 4 mi E
- Tamarack, MN61 people · 8 mi W
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 Wright's climate
What is the coldest month in Wright?
January, with a normal high of 18°F and a normal low of −3°F. The warmest is July (76°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow in Wright?
Yes: 59 inches in a normal year, falling on 32 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (12.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wright?
June, with 4.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is January with 0.63 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wright in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wright in zone 4a in ZIP code 55798, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wright's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −30°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 3b.
How late can frost come in Wright?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 31; in one year in ten it comes after June 20. Waiting until June 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Minnesota climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sandy Lake Dam Libby, MN19 miles from this station, 40.5°F a year
- Moose Lake, MN19 miles from this station, 41.4°F a year
- Cloquet, MN21 miles from this station, 39.7°F a year
- Floodwood, MN21 miles from this station, 38.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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