Minot climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Minot?

Minot has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 530 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Minot?

The hottest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1941, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Minot?

The coldest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2025, at -39.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Minot?

Yes. Minot gets on average 88.6 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Minot warmed?

Yes: Minot warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Minot?

The wettest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1997, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Minot?

The windiest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1955, with winds reaching 74.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Minot?

The warmest month in Minot is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Minot?

Minot receives on average 530 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Minot?

Minot gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Minot (United States) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 530 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 (20.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-12.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.

Minot averages 172 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.

Minot has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 5 August 1941) and the coldest -39.0 °C (on 18 February 2025).

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

MinotNorth Dakota

coords: 48.23°, -101.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfbWarm-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJuneDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

4.7°C

Average daily high

9.9°C

Average daily low

-0.4°C

Annual rainfall

530mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

22.9km/h

Seasonal range

33.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

172 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

86 d/yr

Annual snowfall

88.6 cm

Average feels-like high

6.4 °C

Average feels-like low

-4.6 °C

Average peak gust

40.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.08 · p = 0.008

19402025

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

40.0 °C

5 August 1941

Coldest day

-39.0 °C

18 February 2025

Wettest day

79 mm

1 July 1997

Windiest day

74.6 km/h

23 March 1955

Strongest gust

107.6 km/h

1 November 1999

Hottest feels-like

41.1 °C

23 July 2007

Coldest feels-like

-46.4 °C

1 February 1996

Snowiest day

42.9 cm

24 April 1953

Sunniest day

15.7 h

24 June 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.8 °C11 May 2025	-39.0 °C18 February 2025	5.5 °C	617 mm	15	159
2024	34.5 °C29 September 2024	-31.2 °C14 January 2024	6.1 °C	498 mm	15	163
2023	35.4 °C2 September 2023	-30.8 °C24 February 2023	5.6 °C	520 mm	23	175
2022	35.7 °C1 September 2022	-32.3 °C6 January 2022	4.3 °C	545 mm	29	175
2021	39.2 °C4 June 2021	-33.0 °C13 February 2021	6.9 °C	392 mm	51	170
2020	36.3 °C19 August 2020	-32.4 °C16 January 2020	6.1 °C	294 mm	21	184
2019	32.3 °C3 June 2019	-37.3 °C30 January 2019	3.8 °C	613 mm	12	179
2018	37.8 °C12 August 2018	-36.8 °C13 January 2018	4.5 °C	463 mm	19	183
2017	34.6 °C14 July 2017	-36.5 °C30 December 2017	5.8 °C	327 mm	25	163
2016	33.7 °C22 August 2016	-31.0 °C10 December 2016	7.1 °C	646 mm	16	149
2015	37.2 °C14 August 2015	-31.5 °C22 February 2015	6.4 °C	491 mm	16	150
2014	32.5 °C25 September 2014	-32.2 °C1 March 2014	3.8 °C	566 mm	7	170
2013	34.0 °C19 August 2013	-32.9 °C23 December 2013	3.2 °C	724 mm	12	195
2012	36.9 °C19 July 2012	-27.3 °C19 January 2012	6.7 °C	451 mm	24	156
2011	32.3 °C16 July 2011	-28.6 °C1 February 2011	4.9 °C	657 mm	7	174
2010	35.5 °C22 August 2010	-33.5 °C8 January 2010	5.0 °C	788 mm	10	159
2009	34.7 °C12 August 2009	-36.8 °C15 January 2009	3.5 °C	613 mm	6	171
2008	34.6 °C30 August 2008	-35.1 °C20 February 2008	4.3 °C	547 mm	13	180
2007	37.2 °C24 July 2007	-33.7 °C15 January 2007	5.7 °C	458 mm	22	161
2006	35.0 °C16 July 2006	-29.8 °C17 February 2006	6.9 °C	385 mm	27	176
2005	33.9 °C30 July 2005	-38.4 °C5 January 2005	5.5 °C	617 mm	16	162
2004	31.4 °C18 July 2004	-35.8 °C28 January 2004	4.4 °C	525 mm	4	177
2003	36.7 °C17 August 2003	-33.4 °C26 January 2003	4.6 °C	464 mm	27	170
2002	34.2 °C29 June 2002	-30.0 °C10 March 2002	4.5 °C	445 mm	12	206
2001	34.0 °C5 September 2001	-28.5 °C10 February 2001	5.5 °C	424 mm	16	165
2000	33.6 °C11 August 2000	-31.7 °C24 December 2000	4.6 °C	745 mm	7	167
1999	34.8 °C29 July 1999	-31.6 °C4 January 1999	5.7 °C	639 mm	8	163
1998	33.5 °C4 September 1998	-32.5 °C13 January 1998	5.8 °C	669 mm	10	160
1997	32.9 °C2 October 1997	-33.6 °C25 January 1997	4.7 °C	513 mm	10	177
1996	33.9 °C24 August 1996	-38.9 °C1 February 1996	2.2 °C	581 mm	13	190
1995	33.8 °C16 June 1995	-31.3 °C8 March 1995	3.9 °C	651 mm	14	180
1994	32.1 °C9 September 1994	-34.2 °C18 January 1994	4.2 °C	706 mm	5	166
1993	32.0 °C20 June 1993	-33.3 °C9 January 1993	4.0 °C	541 mm	6	177
1992	35.0 °C8 August 1992	-29.8 °C29 December 1992	5.3 °C	351 mm	12	174
1991	36.7 °C28 August 1991	-27.2 °C6 January 1991	5.9 °C	584 mm	19	175
1990	34.6 °C16 August 1990	-33.8 °C26 December 1990	6.1 °C	389 mm	24	181
1989	38.1 °C1 August 1989	-34.7 °C21 December 1989	4.6 °C	355 mm	32	177
1988	38.9 °C27 July 1988	-32.9 °C1 February 1988	6.1 °C	358 mm	43	172
1987	35.3 °C16 June 1987	-26.7 °C22 January 1987	7.5 °C	421 mm	18	158
1986	33.9 °C19 August 1986	-33.8 °C20 February 1986	5.8 °C	498 mm	11	161
1985	33.9 °C7 July 1985	-33.6 °C19 January 1985	3.5 °C	567 mm	8	172
1984	35.3 °C29 July 1984	-33.7 °C20 January 1984	5.1 °C	499 mm	26	184
1983	37.5 °C4 August 1983	-38.2 °C23 December 1983	5.4 °C	409 mm	32	174
1982	33.7 °C10 September 1982	-34.2 °C10 January 1982	3.6 °C	570 mm	16	172
1981	36.1 °C6 July 1981	-29.2 °C10 February 1981	6.7 °C	402 mm	17	151
1980	35.9 °C10 July 1980	-34.1 °C29 February 1980	4.9 °C	497 mm	24	179
1979	34.0 °C13 June 1979	-35.5 °C16 February 1979	2.8 °C	470 mm	8	191
1978	37.4 °C4 September 1978	-34.9 °C16 January 1978	3.9 °C	489 mm	17	158
1977	36.7 °C17 July 1977	-34.6 °C9 December 1977	5.4 °C	518 mm	11	154
1976	37.5 °C6 September 1976	-31.6 °C4 January 1976	5.4 °C	390 mm	18	182
1975	35.7 °C29 July 1975	-28.5 °C11 January 1975	4.3 °C	775 mm	11	166
1974	35.0 °C18 July 1974	-34.4 °C10 January 1974	4.3 °C	471 mm	19	172
1973	35.4 °C17 August 1973	-32.5 °C8 January 1973	5.5 °C	523 mm	17	170
1972	35.1 °C12 August 1972	-34.4 °C25 January 1972	3.2 °C	575 mm	13	180
1971	35.1 °C21 August 1971	-35.3 °C15 January 1971	4.0 °C	620 mm	13	167
1970	35.0 °C13 August 1970	-32.9 °C18 January 1970	3.7 °C	536 mm	23	185
1969	33.8 °C22 August 1969	-32.8 °C2 February 1969	4.0 °C	595 mm	22	175
1968	34.0 °C12 July 1968	-36.7 °C4 January 1968	4.2 °C	625 mm	10	168
1967	35.0 °C15 August 1967	-33.2 °C17 January 1967	4.4 °C	418 mm	27	182
1966	34.2 °C16 July 1966	-38.0 °C28 January 1966	3.8 °C	517 mm	23	183
1965	33.4 °C11 August 1965	-31.8 °C13 January 1965	3.6 °C	591 mm	5	170
1964	34.3 °C5 August 1964	-33.3 °C29 November 1964	4.3 °C	646 mm	13	170
1963	35.4 °C25 July 1963	-33.6 °C15 December 1963	5.9 °C	516 mm	24	157
1962	34.4 °C21 August 1962	-36.2 °C27 February 1962	4.8 °C	550 mm	13	154
1961	39.0 °C6 August 1961	-31.2 °C24 January 1961	5.8 °C	368 mm	48	178
1960	36.4 °C20 July 1960	-29.2 °C4 January 1960	4.7 °C	435 mm	21	178
1959	37.6 °C27 July 1959	-32.1 °C1 February 1959	4.1 °C	627 mm	28	185
1958	37.8 °C8 August 1958	-34.3 °C15 February 1958	5.0 °C	392 mm	18	154
1957	37.0 °C10 July 1957	-33.5 °C29 January 1957	4.7 °C	428 mm	15	173
1956	33.9 °C10 June 1956	-32.2 °C20 January 1956	3.8 °C	506 mm	6	175
1955	35.8 °C12 August 1955	-32.6 °C19 December 1955	3.5 °C	474 mm	22	166
1954	34.5 °C18 July 1954	-36.6 °C20 January 1954	4.5 °C	660 mm	7	173
1953	32.1 °C12 August 1953	-33.9 °C15 January 1953	5.3 °C	667 mm	12	170
1952	35.8 °C23 August 1952	-31.3 °C1 January 1952	5.2 °C	400 mm	21	173
1951	34.3 °C28 July 1951	-36.0 °C18 December 1951	1.9 °C	526 mm	7	191
1950	32.2 °C28 July 1950	-36.9 °C26 January 1950	1.2 °C	718 mm	8	181
1949	39.2 °C7 August 1949	-36.1 °C21 January 1949	4.3 °C	498 mm	24	160
1948	34.7 °C6 July 1948	-32.2 °C10 March 1948	4.1 °C	566 mm	16	174
1947	36.4 °C4 August 1947	-37.5 °C3 January 1947	3.9 °C	586 mm	11	176
1946	34.6 °C31 July 1946	-31.3 °C29 December 1946	5.1 °C	435 mm	9	169
1945	33.2 °C18 August 1945	-30.0 °C17 February 1945	3.3 °C	561 mm	9	187
1944	32.4 °C9 August 1944	-23.4 °C30 November 1944	6.2 °C	678 mm	5	166
1943	32.4 °C6 August 1943	-37.6 °C20 January 1943	4.8 °C	606 mm	4	173
1942	32.5 °C20 August 1942	-32.2 °C3 January 1942	5.2 °C	527 mm	2	175
1941	40.0 °C5 August 1941	-32.4 °C19 February 1941	5.8 °C	635 mm	23	168
1940	34.6 °C5 September 1940	-30.3 °C24 February 1940	5.2 °C	444 mm	23	170

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

11.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

15 d/yr

-2

Frost days (< 0 °C)

159 d/yr

-13

Annual rainfall

617 mm

+87 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	-8.6 °C	-0.1 °C	15 mm	-3 mm
Feb	-10.3 °C	-4.5 °C	4 mm	-13 mm
Mar	5.2 °C	+4.7 °C	16 mm	-10 mm
Apr	12.3 °C	+2.0 °C	44 mm	-5 mm
May	20.8 °C	+2.9 °C	130 mm	+58 mm
Jun	23.7 °C	+1.0 °C	67 mm	-26 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	-0.2 °C	99 mm	+32 mm
Aug	25.8 °C	-0.2 °C	61 mm	+4 mm
Sep	23.2 °C	+3.0 °C	62 mm	+11 mm
Oct	14.8 °C	+2.2 °C	72 mm	+37 mm
Nov	4.8 °C	+2.8 °C	22 mm	-2 mm
Dec	-4.6 °C	+0.8 °C	24 mm	+4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.8 °C

11 May 2025

Coldest day

-39.0 °C

18 Feb 2025

Wettest day

50.7 mm

15 May 2025

Windiest day

47.8 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

92.5 km/h

4 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

9 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-44.5 °C

18 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

5.5 cm

25 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

15.7 h

17 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Minot?

Minot has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.7 °C and it receives 530 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Minot?

The hottest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 5 August 1941, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Minot?

The coldest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2025, at -39.0 °C.

Does it snow in Minot?

Yes. Minot gets on average 88.6 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.

Has the climate of Minot warmed?

Yes: Minot warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Minot?

The wettest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1997, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Minot?

The windiest day measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1955, with winds reaching 74.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Minot?

The warmest month in Minot is July (20.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-12.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Minot?

Minot receives on average 530 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Minot?

Minot gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Minot?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Minot between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1953, with 42.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Minot?

Yes: Minot has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Minot?

In Minot, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 23 July 2007, and the lowest was -46.4 °C on 1 February 1996.

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