Aurora weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Aurora, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Eveleth Waste Water Plant, 23 km from Aurora; records cover 1986–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.6 in701 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 9,718
- Cooling degree days
- 227
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Aurora in January
Highs average 17°−9° and lows −1°−19°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 46°8° (2003)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1782
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in February
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2000)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1487
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in March
Highs average 35°2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1246
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in April
Highs average 49°9° and lows 28°−2°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1987)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 801
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1998)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 415
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Aurora in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°11°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1995)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 140
- Cooling degree days
- 41
Aurora in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 98
Aurora in August
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2001)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 77
- Cooling degree days
- 66
Aurora in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 295
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Aurora in OctoberThis month
Highs average 51°11° and lows 33°1°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2015)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 709
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in November
Highs average 35°1° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1999)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1134
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Aurora in December
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 6°−14°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1998)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1578
- Cooling degree days
- 0