Center City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Center City, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at St. Croix Falls, 13 km from Center City; records cover 1950–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.5 in774 mm
- Snow a year
- 43 in108 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 8,123
- Cooling degree days
- 576
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Center City in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1981)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1616
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Center City in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2000)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1355
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Center City in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1986)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1093
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Center City in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°1°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 627
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Center City in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1998)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 280
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Center City in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Center City in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 207
Center City in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 160
Center City in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1976)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 165
- Cooling degree days
- 56
Center City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°15° and lows 38°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1997)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 537
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Center City in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 957
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Center City in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 11°−11°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1998)
- Record low
- −39° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1400
- Cooling degree days
- 0