Aurora climate
Aurora is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -8.3 °C. May is the wettest month (122 mm) and February the driest (50 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Aurora averages 981 mm of rain, 91 days above 25 °C and 114 days below freezing.
United States · 207 m elevation · population 200,661 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 28 °C
- Coldest month January -8.3 °C
- Driest month February 50 mm
- Wettest month May 122 mm
- Least cloud September 47 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 37 °C
- Coldest on record January -34 °C
What to expectAurora through the year
Aurora has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -0.4 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 91 days a year reach 25 °C, 21 of them reach 30 °C, 114 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 122 mm against 50 mm in February — 2.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4 °C | 55 mm | 68 % |
| February | 2.1 °C | 50 mm | 66 % |
| March | 8.6 °C | 66 mm | 64 % |
| April | 15.2 °C | 109 mm | 63 % |
| May | 21.2 °C | 122 mm | 61 % |
| June | 26.1 °C | 109 mm | 57 % |
| July | 28.1 °C | 95 mm | 51 % |
| August | 27.1 °C | 96 mm | 50 % |
| September | 23.5 °C | 77 mm | 47 % |
| October | 16.7 °C | 83 mm | 55 % |
| November | 8.8 °C | 64 mm | 62 % |
| December | 2.3 °C | 55 mm | 68 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4 °C | -8.3 °C | -4.8 °C | 17.2 °C | -34.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| February | 2.1 °C | -6.5 °C | -2.8 °C | 21.2 °C | -33.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| March | 8.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 3.0 °C | 27.0 °C | -25.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| April | 15.2 °C | 4.6 °C | 9.3 °C | 28.6 °C | -9.5 °C | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| May | 21.2 °C | 10.8 °C | 15.6 °C | 33.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 26.1 °C | 16.4 °C | 21.0 °C | 36.3 °C | 4.1 °C | 19 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 28.1 °C | 18.9 °C | 23.4 °C | 37.2 °C | 11.2 °C | 26 | 9 | 0 |
| August | 27.1 °C | 18.2 °C | 22.5 °C | 34.5 °C | 9.6 °C | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| September | 23.5 °C | 14.4 °C | 18.6 °C | 34.1 °C | 0.5 °C | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 16.7 °C | 8.1 °C | 11.9 °C | 30.0 °C | -4.1 °C | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 8.8 °C | 1.3 °C | 4.6 °C | 22.9 °C | -16.9 °C | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| December | 2.3 °C | -4.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 20.3 °C | -27.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 mm | 8 | 9.5 h/day | 68 % | 74 % | 20 km/h |
| February | 50 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 66 % | 71 % | 20 km/h |
| March | 66 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 64 % | 69 % | 20 km/h |
| April | 109 mm | 12 | 13 h/day | 63 % | 67 % | 22 km/h |
| May | 122 mm | 13 | 15 h/day | 61 % | 70 % | 20 km/h |
| June | 109 mm | 12 | 15 h/day | 57 % | 71 % | 18 km/h |
| July | 95 mm | 11 | 15 h/day | 51 % | 71 % | 16 km/h |
| August | 96 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 50 % | 73 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 77 mm | 8 | 13 h/day | 47 % | 71 % | 17 km/h |
| October | 83 mm | 9 | 11 h/day | 55 % | 69 % | 20 km/h |
| November | 64 mm | 8 | 9.8 h/day | 62 % | 71 % | 20 km/h |
| December | 55 mm | 8 | 9.2 h/day | 68 % | 75 % | 19 km/h |
Where Aurora ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in North America in September | 20thof 50 | 91/100 |
| The coolest places in North America in January | 27thof 50 | -0.4 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in December | 28thof 50 | 2.3 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in February | 34thof 50 | 2.1 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in November | 38thof 50 | 8.8 °C |
| The coolest places in North America in March | 39thof 50 | 8.6 °C |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Aurora.
QuestionsCommon questions about Aurora’s climate
When is the best time to visit Aurora?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Aurora get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 21 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -8.3 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 114 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Aurora?
May, averaging 122 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 50 mm. The year as a whole averages 981 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Aurora rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.