Dent weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dent, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ottertail, 20 km from Dent; records cover 1961–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.2 in716 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 9,146
- Cooling degree days
- 416
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −24°−31° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dent in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1981)
- Record low
- −40° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1776
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dent in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1981)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1470
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dent in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 15°−9°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2021)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1224
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dent in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 731
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dent in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 44°7°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1964)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 343
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Dent in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 56°13°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1979)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 79
- Cooling degree days
- 83
Dent in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 60°16°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 156
Dent in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 59°15°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1976)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 124
Dent in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 49°9°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1983)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 215
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Dent in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 35°2°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1963)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 634
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Dent in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2016)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1082
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dent in December
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1962)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1542
- Cooling degree days
- 0