Elkton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Elkton, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Grand Meadow, 12 km from Elkton; records cover 1891–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.4 in949 mm
- Snow a year
- 51 in129 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 3
- First fall freeze
- Sep 30
- Heating degree days
- 8,407
- Cooling degree days
- 408
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −16°−27° (heating, 99%) and 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Elkton in January
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 5°−15°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1944)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1620
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkton in February
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1351
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkton in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1907)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1116
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkton in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Elkton in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°7°, with 5.1 in129 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 325
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Elkton in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 56°13°, with 5.7 in145 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 69
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Elkton in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4.7 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1901)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 147
Elkton in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1930)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Elkton in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 48°9°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1913)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 205
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Elkton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°2°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1997)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 585
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Elkton in November
Highs average 41°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1950)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 990
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Elkton in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 14 in35 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 1406
- Cooling degree days
- 0