Ely weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ely, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Ely, 2 km from Ely; records cover 2010–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 9,801
- Cooling degree days
- 208
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −27°−33° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ely in January
Highs average 16°−9° and lows −4°−20°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2013)
- Record low
- −39° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1818
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in February
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 0°−18°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2011)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 14°−10°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1237
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in April
Highs average 49°10° and lows 27°−3°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2016)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 812
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2016)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 424
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Ely in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 51°10°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2021)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 142
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Ely in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2026)
- Record low
- 40°4° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 44
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Ely in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 55°13°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2021)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 66
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Ely in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 46°8°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2023)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 286
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Ely in OctoberThis month
Highs average 51°11° and lows 33°1°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2025)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 707
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in November
Highs average 35°1° and lows 20°−7°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2022)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1137
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ely in December
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 4°−15°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2023)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1615
- Cooling degree days
- 0