Minneapolis climate

Name: Minneapolis
Address: US

Minneapolis is warmest in July, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -13 °C. June is the wettest month (113 mm) and January the driest (24 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Minneapolis averages 828 mm of rain, 81 days above 25 °C and 140 days below freezing.

United States · 253 m elevation · population 410,939 · 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 -13 °C
Driest month January 24 mm
Wettest month June 113 mm
Least cloud July 47 % cloud
Hottest on record July 38 °C
Coldest on record January -38 °C

What to expectMinneapolis through the year

Minneapolis has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from -4.7 °C in January to 28 °C in July, a swing of 32 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 81 days a year reach 25 °C, 19 of them reach 30 °C, 140 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. June averages 113 mm against 24 mm in January — 4.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-4.7 °C	24 mm	67 %
February	-1.6 °C	26 mm	64 %
March	5.6 °C	51 mm	62 %
April	13.4 °C	80 mm	63 %
May	20.3 °C	111 mm	61 %
June	25.5 °C	113 mm	57 %
July	27.9 °C	90 mm	47 %
August	26.7 °C	95 mm	48 %
September	22.4 °C	82 mm	49 %
October	14.2 °C	70 mm	58 %
November	5.2 °C	50 mm	65 %
December	-2.0 °C	35 mm	69 %

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	-4.7 °C	-13.2 °C	-9.4 °C	9.9 °C	-38.3 °C	0	0	30
February	-1.6 °C	-10.9 °C	-6.9 °C	16.8 °C	-36.7 °C	0	0	27
March	5.6 °C	-4.4 °C	-0.1 °C	25.6 °C	-26.7 °C	0	0	23
April	13.4 °C	2.6 °C	7.3 °C	28.9 °C	-16.6 °C	1	0	9
May	20.3 °C	9.9 °C	14.6 °C	36.1 °C	-2.9 °C	5	1	0
June	25.5 °C	15.8 °C	20.4 °C	35.4 °C	4.5 °C	17	4	0
July	27.9 °C	18.6 °C	23.0 °C	37.5 °C	10.8 °C	25	8	0
August	26.7 °C	17.6 °C	21.8 °C	35.5 °C	7.5 °C	22	5	0
September	22.4 °C	13.5 °C	17.4 °C	34.3 °C	0.6 °C	10	1	0
October	14.2 °C	6.2 °C	9.7 °C	29.5 °C	-9.9 °C	1	0	3
November	5.2 °C	-1.7 °C	1.3 °C	22.2 °C	-21.6 °C	0	0	18
December	-2.0 °C	-9.3 °C	-6.1 °C	15.6 °C	-31.5 °C	0	0	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	24 mm	5	9.2 h/day	67 %	75 %	17 km/h
February	26 mm	5	10 h/day	64 %	73 %	18 km/h
March	51 mm	7	12 h/day	62 %	69 %	18 km/h
April	80 mm	10	13 h/day	63 %	63 %	20 km/h
May	111 mm	12	15 h/day	61 %	64 %	19 km/h
June	113 mm	12	16 h/day	57 %	67 %	18 km/h
July	90 mm	11	15 h/day	47 %	68 %	17 km/h
August	95 mm	10	14 h/day	48 %	69 %	16 km/h
September	82 mm	9	13 h/day	49 %	68 %	19 km/h
October	70 mm	8	11 h/day	58 %	68 %	19 km/h
November	50 mm	7	9.6 h/day	65 %	72 %	18 km/h
December	35 mm	6	8.8 h/day	69 %	76 %	17 km/h

Where Minneapolis ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in December	11th of 50	-2.0 °C
The coolest places in North America in November	11th of 50	5.2 °C
The coolest places in North America in January	12th of 50	-4.7 °C
The coolest places in North America in February	13th of 50	-1.6 °C
The coolest places in North America year-round	22nd of 50	13 °C
The coolest places in North America in October	26th of 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Minneapolis.

QuestionsCommon questions about Minneapolis’s climate

When is the best time to visit Minneapolis?

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 January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Minneapolis get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 19 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -13 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 140 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Minneapolis?

June, averaging 113 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is January with 24 mm. The year as a whole averages 828 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 Minneapolis 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
Data point: 44.980°, -93.264° , 253 m above sea level (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

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.