Faribault climate — normals and trends
Faribault (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 865 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-10.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Faribault averages 149 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.
Faribault has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 157 to 141 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.7 °C (on 31 July 1988) and the coldest -36.2 °C (on 2 February 1996).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
FaribaultMinnesota
- coords
- 44.29°, -93.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.1°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
2.5°C
Annual rainfall
865mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
21.2km/h
Seasonal range
32.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
149 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
108 d/yr
Annual snowfall
95.2 cm
Average feels-like high
9.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.0 °C
Average peak gust
40.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
16 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.31 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.7 °C
31 July 1988
Coldest day
-36.2 °C
2 February 1996
Wettest day
100 mm
21 September 1986
Windiest day
72.3 km/h
10 October 1949
Strongest gust
120.6 km/h
10 October 1949
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
6 July 1948
Coldest feels-like
-42.9 °C
2 February 1996
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
22 January 2018
Sunniest day
14.9 h
2 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 4 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -3.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 15 mm | -12 mm |
| Mar | 9.7 °C | +6.2 °C | 97 mm | +37 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 88 mm | -0 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 73 mm | -40 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 176 mm | +57 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 122 mm | +27 mm |
| Aug | 25.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 120 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 69 mm | -16 mm |
| Oct | 16.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 40 mm | -20 mm |
| Nov | 7.3 °C | +2.5 °C | 46 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | -2.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 39 mm | +4 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Faribault?
Faribault has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.1 °C and it receives 865 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Faribault?
The hottest day measured in Faribault between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1988, reaching 39.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Faribault?
The coldest day measured in Faribault between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1996, at -36.2 °C.
Does it snow in Faribault?
Yes. Faribault gets on average 95.2 cm of snow per year and has around 149 frost days.
Has the climate of Faribault warmed?
Yes: Faribault warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Faribault?
The wettest day measured in Faribault between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 1986, with 100 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Faribault?
The windiest day measured in Faribault between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1949, with winds reaching 72.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Faribault?
The warmest month in Faribault is July (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-10.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Faribault?
Faribault receives on average 865 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Faribault?
Faribault gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Faribault?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Faribault between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2018, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Faribault?
Yes: Faribault has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Faribault?
In Faribault, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 6 July 1948, and the lowest was -42.9 °C on 2 February 1996.
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