Alpha weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Alpha, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lakefield 2ne, 24 km from Alpha; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.5 in774 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in123 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 3
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,166
- Cooling degree days
- 537
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Alpha in January
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2002)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 1601
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alpha in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 1328
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alpha in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2025)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1084
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alpha in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°0°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2002)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 640
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Alpha in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2013)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 283
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Alpha in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2011)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 50
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Alpha in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2002)
- Record low
- 44°7° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Alpha in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 129
Alpha in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°9°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2022)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 176
- Cooling degree days
- 49
Alpha in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1997)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 554
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Alpha in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Alpha in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1998)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1418
- Cooling degree days
- 0