Belle Plaine weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Belle Plaine, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Jordan 1ssw, 11 km from Belle Plaine; records cover 1949–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.3 in846 mm
- Snow a year
- 40 in101 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 8,056
- Cooling degree days
- 534
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
Belle Plaine in January
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1981)
- Record low
- −41° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1593
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Belle Plaine in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1320
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Belle Plaine in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1968)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1071
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Belle Plaine in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1980)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 621
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Belle Plaine in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2018)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 285
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Belle Plaine in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 57°14°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 121
Belle Plaine in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Belle Plaine in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°15°, with 5.2 in132 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Belle Plaine in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1976)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 174
- Cooling degree days
- 51
Belle Plaine in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 38°3°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1997)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1988)
- Heating degree days
- 541
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Belle Plaine in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1999)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 958
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Belle Plaine in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1998)
- Record low
- −41° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1400
- Cooling degree days
- 0