Cook weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cook, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Orr 3e, 25 km from Cook; records cover 2005–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 26 in661 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 7
- First fall freeze
- Sep 9
- Heating degree days
- 10,754
- Cooling degree days
- 94
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −34°−37° (heating, 99%) and 86°30° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cook in January
Highs average 15°−9° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 45°7° (2006)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1906
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in February
Highs average 21°−6° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2011)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1613
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1362
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in April
Highs average 48°9° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2016)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 884
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in May
Highs average 61°16° and lows 35°2°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 524
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Cook in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2021)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 213
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Cook in July
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°10°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 105
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Cook in August
Highs average 74°23° and lows 48°9°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2007)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 155
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Cook in September
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2007)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 372
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Cook in OctoberThis month
Highs average 50°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2015)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 772
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in November
Highs average 33°1° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2022)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1188
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cook in December
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 2°−17°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 49°9° (2023)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1660
- Cooling degree days
- 0