Donaldson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Donaldson, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hallock, 22 km from Donaldson; records cover 1899–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.3 in567 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 9,769
- Cooling degree days
- 381
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −25°−32° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Donaldson in January
Highs average 13°−10° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1942)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1875
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donaldson in February
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1958)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1577
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donaldson in March
Highs average 32°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1910)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1280
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donaldson in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 749
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donaldson in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 346
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Donaldson in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1912)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 89
- Cooling degree days
- 81
Donaldson in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 135
Donaldson in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1989)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Donaldson in September
Highs average 69°20° and lows 46°8°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 261
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Donaldson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 52°11° and lows 33°1°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1992)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 697
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Donaldson in November
Highs average 34°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1975)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 1164
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donaldson in December
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1982)
- Record low
- −49°−45° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1649
- Cooling degree days
- 0