Ceylon weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ceylon, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Estherville 4e, 17 km from Ceylon; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 31.7 in806 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 7,907
- Cooling degree days
- 575
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ceylon in January
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1944)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 1567
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ceylon in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1288
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ceylon in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1895)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ceylon in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 33°0°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1910)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 611
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ceylon in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 46°8°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 269
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Ceylon in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 4.8 in122 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 45
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Ceylon in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°16°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 207
Ceylon in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 139
Ceylon in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 48°9°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1895)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 169
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Ceylon in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1997)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 530
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Ceylon in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1999)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 958
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ceylon in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 11°−11°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1939)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 1389
- Cooling degree days
- 0