Donnelly weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Donnelly, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Morris West Central Research And Outreach Center, 16 km from Donnelly; records cover 1886–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27 in685 mm
- Snow a year
- 45 in113 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 1
- Heating degree days
- 8,760
- Cooling degree days
- 498
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −20°−29° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Donnelly in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1981)
- Record low
- −40° (1888)
- Heating degree days
- 1710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donnelly in February
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2024)
- Record low
- −41° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1434
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donnelly in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1169
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donnelly in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 679
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Donnelly in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 298
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Donnelly in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°14°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1931)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 113
Donnelly in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.3 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1940)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1891)
- Heating degree days
- 18
- Cooling degree days
- 182
Donnelly in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 57°14°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1947)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 37
- Cooling degree days
- 127
Donnelly in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 196
- Cooling degree days
- 43
Donnelly in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°1°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1947)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 606
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Donnelly in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2020)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1891)
- Heating degree days
- 1050
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Donnelly in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1939)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 1502
- Cooling degree days
- 0