Ghent weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ghent, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at MARSHALL, 9 km from Ghent; records cover 1935–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.9 in734 mm
- Snow a year
- 44 in110 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 2
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 7,950
- Cooling degree days
- 721
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 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ghent in January
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1981)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1579
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ghent in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 8°−14°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2024)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1309
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ghent in March
Highs average 41°5° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1939)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1074
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ghent in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 32°0°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1962)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 617
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ghent in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2018)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 255
- Cooling degree days
- 41
Ghent in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 42
- Cooling degree days
- 159
Ghent in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 61°16°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1988)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 252
Ghent in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 187
Ghent in September
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2023)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 151
- Cooling degree days
- 73
Ghent in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 36°2°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 531
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Ghent in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1938)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 963
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ghent in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1939)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1400
- Cooling degree days
- 0