Blooming Prairie weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Blooming Prairie, 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, 25 km from Blooming Prairie; 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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
Blooming Prairie 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