Red Wing climate — normals and trends
Red Wing (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 859 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 (22.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Red Wing averages 145 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 110 rainy days per year.
Red Wing has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 136 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.3 °C (on 24 August 1948) and the coldest -37.3 °C (on 30 January 1951).
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
Red WingMinnesota
- coords
- 44.56°, -92.53°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.3°C
Average daily high
12.0°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
859mm
Sunshine / day
8.6h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
18.2km/h
Seasonal range
32.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
145 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
110 d/yr
Annual snowfall
94.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.6 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.4 °C
Average peak gust
38.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
15 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
37.3 °C
24 August 1948
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
30 January 1951
Wettest day
106 mm
14 September 1941
Windiest day
64.9 km/h
10 October 1949
Strongest gust
126.4 km/h
10 October 1949
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
18 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-42.7 °C
30 January 1951
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
22 January 2018
Sunniest day
15.1 h
20 June 2003
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | -3.5 °C | -0.9 °C | 16 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +5.3 °C | 97 mm | +36 mm |
| Apr | 13.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 114 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 20.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 77 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 25.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 207 mm | +89 mm |
| Jul | 27.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 108 mm | +15 mm |
| Aug | 25.4 °C | -0.5 °C | 104 mm | +2 mm |
| Sep | 23.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 82 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 16.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 36 mm | -26 mm |
| Nov | 7.2 °C | +2.4 °C | 46 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | -3.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 42 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Red Wing?
Red Wing has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 859 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Red Wing?
The hottest day measured in Red Wing between 1940 and 2025 was 24 August 1948, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Red Wing?
The coldest day measured in Red Wing between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1951, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Red Wing?
Yes. Red Wing gets on average 94.5 cm of snow per year and has around 145 frost days.
Has the climate of Red Wing warmed?
Yes: Red Wing warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Red Wing?
The wettest day measured in Red Wing between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1941, with 106 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Red Wing?
The windiest day measured in Red Wing between 1940 and 2025 was 10 October 1949, with winds reaching 64.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Red Wing?
The warmest month in Red Wing is July (22.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Red Wing?
Red Wing receives on average 859 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 110 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Red Wing?
Red Wing gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Red Wing?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Red Wing between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2018, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Red Wing?
Yes: Red Wing has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Red Wing?
In Red Wing, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 18 July 2011, and the lowest was -42.7 °C on 30 January 1951.
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