Statewide areal climate 1951–2025
Minnesota
A 42.2°F / 28.0" normal · 2025 ran +0.9°F vs normal. 87 counties.
2026 so far · through Aug 29: This area is running +1.4°F (45.4°F) vs the 1996–2025 to-date normal — the 14th warmest start of 76 years. Precipitation 77% of normal. U.S. year-to-date →
Normal (1996–2025)
42.2°F
annual mean · 28.0" precipitation
2025 vs Normal
+0.9°F
43.1°F · 26.4" (94% of normal)
Warmest Year
45.6°F
2024 · coldest 37.3°F (1951)
Wettest Year
35.6in
2019 · driest 15.9" (1976)
Hottest Day
97.5°F
Jul 6 · 1988
Coldest Day
-39.5°F
Feb 2 · 1996
Biggest Rain Day
1.93in
Oct 5 · 2005
Record
1951–2025
75 complete years · NOAA nClimGrid
Where 2025 Ran Warm & Cool
Every county in Minnesota by its 2025 temperature vs the 1996–2025 normal.
Monthly Climate
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—— normal temperature (°F) · ▮ normal precipitation (in) · 1996–2025
Counties (87)
Aitkin CountyAnoka CountyBecker CountyBeltrami CountyBenton CountyBig Stone CountyBlue Earth CountyBrown CountyCarlton CountyCarver CountyCass CountyChippewa CountyChisago CountyClay CountyClearwater CountyCook CountyCottonwood CountyCrow Wing CountyDakota CountyDodge CountyDouglas CountyFaribault CountyFillmore CountyFreeborn CountyGoodhue CountyGrant CountyHennepin CountyHouston CountyHubbard CountyIsanti CountyItasca CountyJackson CountyKanabec CountyKandiyohi CountyKittson CountyKoochiching CountyLac qui Parle CountyLake CountyLake of the Woods CountyLe Sueur CountyLincoln CountyLyon CountyMahnomen CountyMarshall CountyMartin CountyMcLeod CountyMeeker CountyMille Lacs CountyMorrison CountyMower CountyMurray CountyNicollet CountyNobles CountyNorman CountyOlmsted CountyOtter Tail CountyPennington CountyPine CountyPipestone CountyPolk CountyPope CountyRamsey CountyRed Lake CountyRedwood CountyRenville CountyRice CountyRock CountyRoseau CountyScott CountySherburne CountySibley CountySt. Louis CountyStearns CountySteele CountyStevens CountySwift CountyTodd CountyTraverse CountyWabasha CountyWadena CountyWaseca CountyWashington CountyWatonwan CountyWilkin CountyWinona CountyWright CountyYellow Medicine County
Areal nClimGrid averages (NOAA/NCEI) over the whole area — an average across the region, not a single station. Separate from the station records.