Empire weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Empire, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at HASTINGS DAM 2, 20 km from Empire; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.3 in847 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 20
- First fall freeze
- Oct 15
- Heating degree days
- 7,612
- Cooling degree days
- 725
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −15°−26° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Empire in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1944)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Empire in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1292
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Empire in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Empire in April
Highs average 56°14° and lows 36°2°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2002)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 570
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Empire in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 48°9°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 243
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Empire in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 59°15°, with 4.9 in125 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 151
Empire in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 63°17°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1941)
- Record low
- 47°8° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Empire in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1941)
- Record low
- 42°6° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 200
Empire in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 53°12°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2023)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 75
Empire in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 40°4°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1997)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 482
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Empire in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1999)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 906
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Empire in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1998)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1342
- Cooling degree days
- 0