Crookston weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Crookston, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Crookston NW Exp Sta, 5 km from Crookston; records cover 1890–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.4 in570 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 9,464
- Cooling degree days
- 421
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −26°−32° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Crookston in January
Highs average 16°−9° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1902)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1892)
- Heating degree days
- 1826
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crookston in February
Highs average 20°−6° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1958)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1537
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crookston in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1946)
- Record low
- −39° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1259
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crookston in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 729
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crookston in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 43°6°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1939)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 341
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Crookston in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1893)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 84
- Cooling degree days
- 89
Crookston in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1890)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 155
Crookston in August
Highs average 80°26° and lows 55°13°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1983)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 120
Crookston in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1931)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 238
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Crookston in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°1°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2025)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 663
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Crookston in November
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 1125
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Crookston in December
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1939)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 1587
- Cooling degree days
- 0