Big Falls weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Big Falls, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Big Falls, 2 km from Big Falls; records cover 1930–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.3 in693 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 21
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 10,140
- Cooling degree days
- 175
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −32°−36° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Big Falls in January
Highs average 15°−10° and lows −5°−20°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1942)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1861
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in February
Highs average 22°−5° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1958)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1527
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1946)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1265
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1952)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 794
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1934)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 427
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Big Falls in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 159
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Big Falls in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 72
Big Falls in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1976)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Big Falls in September
Highs average 65°19° and lows 44°6°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1931)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 326
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Big Falls in OctoberThis month
Highs average 50°10° and lows 32°0°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1963)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 734
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in November
Highs average 33°1° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1975)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1190
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Big Falls in December
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 2°−16°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1939)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1678
- Cooling degree days
- 0