DETROIT LAKES 1 NNE, MINNESOTA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 15.8 22.8 36.0 54.3 68.4 75.9 81.1 79.2 68.6 56.6 36.5 20.6 51.3
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 29.9 35.6 46.7 67.4 77.8 86.3 86.7 86.1 73.9 70.5 44.9 29.9 56.4
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1968 1987 1977 1988 1989 1983 1976 1963 1981 1979 1987
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 3.1 11.3 24.5 40.4 60.3 69.1 75.3 72.6 57.0 49.9 26.7 7.3 47.4
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1979 1965 1975 1979 1969 1971 1977 1965 1969 1985 1983 1979
Mean Temperature (F) 4.8 11.4 25.3 42.0 54.9 63.3 68.4 66.3 56.2 45.3 27.8 11.2 39.7
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 18.5 26.9 35.5 50.9 65.0 71.2 71.9 73.5 61.2 58.0 36.0 20.4 45.1
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1961 1987 1977 1988 1974 1983 1963 1963 1962 1979 1987
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) -7.1 -0.9 13.0 33.3 48.4 56.5 63.6 60.5 48.4 39.8 18.2 -1.7 36.1
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1979 1965 1975 1979 1969 1971 1977 1965 1988 1985 1983 1979
Mean Min. Temperature (F) -6.3 -0.1 14.5 29.6 41.3 50.7 55.6 53.4 43.8 33.9 19.1 1.8 28.1
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 7.0 18.1 26.3 35.0 52.2 56.8 59.9 60.8 50.2 45.4 29.0 11.4 33.7
Year Highest Occurred 1990 1987 1961 1977 1977 1963 1975 1983 1963 1963 1962 1987 1987
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -18.6 -13.3 1.5 24.5 35.1 43.7 51.4 48.3 39.3 26.5 9.6 -10.6 24.7
Year Lowest Occurred 1966 1989 1965 1979 1967 1982 1972 1977 1974 1988 1985 1983 1989
Mean Precipitation (in.) 0.70 0.54 1.01 1.80 2.61 4.11 3.78 3.34 2.82 2.06 0.81 0.74 24.32
Highest Precipitation (in.) 2.58 2.03 2.31 5.15 8.84 9.24 11.14 7.18 6.91 6.35 2.50 1.68 36.81
Year Highest Occurred 1975 1979 1977 1986 1985 1983 1983 1963 1986 1984 1977 1968 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.06 0.00 0.12 0.07 0.42 1.23 0.40 0.27 0.33 0.18 0.03 0.13 12.59
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1968 1969 1980 1976 1982 1989 1970 1966 1976 1967 1975 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 1866. 1501. 1231. 690. 337. 125. 35. 88. 271. 611. 1116. 1668. 9539.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 24. 74. 140. 129. 7. 0. 0. 0. 374.
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu