Austin weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Austin, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at AUSTIN WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY, 2 km from Austin; records cover 1938–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 36.2 in920 mm
- Snow a year
- 43 in110 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 7,965
- Cooling degree days
- 563
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 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Austin in January
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 5°−15°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1944)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1592
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in February
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2024)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1323
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2025)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1056
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1952)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 601
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Austin in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 48°9°, with 5 in127 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2013)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Austin in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 58°15°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Austin in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1940)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 13
- Cooling degree days
- 198
Austin in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2023)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Austin in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1955)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Austin in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 38°3°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1997)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 535
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Austin in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.8 in47 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 957
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Austin in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1998)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0