AGASSIZ REFUGE, MINNESOTA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 14.4 21.2 34.9 53.2 68.4 76.0 81.0 79.1 68.3 56.3 35.2 19.4 50.6
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 27.3 32.2 45.5 65.4 79.0 84.7 85.7 85.3 74.8 71.4 44.2 29.4 53.6
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1984 1981 1987 1977 1988 1983 1961 1967 1963 1981 1965 1987
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 3.8 10.5 26.1 43.7 57.1 65.6 76.7 72.4 58.2 48.2 24.4 8.2 46.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1989 1965 1975 1979 1969 1971 1985 1965 1969 1985 1983 1979
Mean Temperature (F) 3.1 9.2 23.3 41.1 55.1 63.7 68.4 65.7 55.5 44.4 26.1 9.6 38.8
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 16.9 23.9 35.1 50.1 64.7 70.5 73.0 71.2 59.7 56.3 33.0 19.9 43.2
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1984 1973 1987 1977 1988 1983 1983 1963 1963 1981 1974 1987
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) -10.9 -1.7 12.9 33.6 47.4 54.9 63.9 58.2 48.1 38.6 15.6 -1.4 35.5
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1967 1965 1979 1979 1969 1971 1977 1965 1969 1985 1983 1979
Mean Min. Temperature (F) -8.3 -2.8 11.7 29.0 41.8 51.4 55.9 52.3 42.6 32.5 16.9 -0.3 26.9
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 6.4 15.6 25.6 34.7 50.3 56.2 60.6 57.3 47.0 41.1 23.2 12.3 32.7
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1984 1973 1987 1977 1988 1975 1983 1978 1963 1962 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -25.9 -17.2 -0.4 23.0 35.8 44.1 51.1 43.9 37.9 25.3 6.7 -11.0 23.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1967 1965 1979 1967 1969 1971 1977 1965 1976 1985 1983 1967
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.58 0.39 0.80 1.54 2.58 3.75 3.27 3.03 2.65 1.53 0.84 0.59 21.55
Highest Precipitation (in.) 2.19 1.16 2.42 4.30 6.11 8.35 6.37 9.41 6.39 5.66 3.36 1.16 35.76
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1979 1966 1967 1962 1968 1982 1964 1973 1971 1977 1967 1964
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.00 0.21 0.69 0.69 1.00 0.20 0.01 0.04 0.12 15.81
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1965 1986 1988 1980 1961 1967 1965 1976 1976 1976 1979 1988
Heating Degree Days (F) 1919. 1562. 1293. 717. 337. 118. 34. 87. 290. 639. 1167. 1717. 9880.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 30. 79. 139. 109. 0. 0. 0. 0. 357.

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