Ham Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ham Lake, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at FOREST LAKE 5NE, 25 km from Ham Lake; records cover 1958–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.1 in841 mm
- Snow a year
- 52 in131 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 1
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 7,917
- Cooling degree days
- 613
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ham Lake in January
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2003)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1593
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ham Lake in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2000)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1310
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ham Lake in March
Highs average 43°6° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1963)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1056
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ham Lake in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 33°0°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1962)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 599
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Ham Lake in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2006)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 258
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Ham Lake in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 51
- Cooling degree days
- 127
Ham Lake in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 60°16°, with 4.7 in119 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1988)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 9
- Cooling degree days
- 220
Ham Lake in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 58°15°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 171
Ham Lake in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2023)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 154
- Cooling degree days
- 59
Ham Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 60°16° and lows 37°3°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2023)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 516
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Ham Lake in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2016)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 951
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ham Lake in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1998)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1401
- Cooling degree days
- 0