Cambridge weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cambridge, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CAMBRIDGE, 1 km from Cambridge; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.7 in753 mm
- Snow a year
- 44 in112 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 8,123
- Cooling degree days
- 546
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −19°−28° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cambridge in January
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1942)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1620
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2024)
- Record low
- −41° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1338
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in March
Highs average 40°5° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1968)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1934)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 609
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Cambridge in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 46°8°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 267
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Cambridge in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 57°14°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Cambridge in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 205
Cambridge in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Cambridge in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2016)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 182
- Cooling degree days
- 48
Cambridge in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 37°3°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2025)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 547
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Cambridge in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2022)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 963
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cambridge in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1939)
- Record low
- −41° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1424
- Cooling degree days
- 0