Bloomington weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bloomington, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Minneapolis-St Paul Area, 9 km from Bloomington; records cover 1872–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 31.6 in803 mm
- Snow a year
- 51 in130 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 23
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 7,399
- Cooling degree days
- 830
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −12°−24° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bloomington in January
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1944)
- Record low
- −41° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 1513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bloomington in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 1243
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bloomington in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 983
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bloomington in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 38°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 542
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Bloomington in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 50°10°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 214
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Bloomington in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 60°16°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 34
- Cooling degree days
- 175
Bloomington in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 65°19°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 294
Bloomington in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 63°17°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 220
Bloomington in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 54°12°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1931)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 128
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Bloomington in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 41°5°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2023)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 489
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Bloomington in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1933)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (1875)
- Heating degree days
- 906
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bloomington in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1998)
- Record low
- −39° (1879)
- Heating degree days
- 1333
- Cooling degree days
- 0