High Forest weather by month
What a typical year looks like in High Forest, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rochester International Airport, 8 km from High Forest; records cover 1886–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 34.7 in881 mm
- Snow a year
- 53 in135 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 28
- First fall freeze
- Oct 5
- Heating degree days
- 7,854
- Cooling degree days
- 533
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 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
High Forest in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1944)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 1558
- Cooling degree days
- 0
High Forest in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 11°−12°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2024)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1296
- Cooling degree days
- 0
High Forest in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1034
- Cooling degree days
- 0
High Forest in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2009)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 596
- Cooling degree days
- 2
High Forest in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 263
- Cooling degree days
- 32
High Forest in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 58°14°, with 5.4 in136 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 126
High Forest in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 61°16°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 186
High Forest in August
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°15°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1930)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 128
High Forest in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1913)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 170
- Cooling degree days
- 53
High Forest in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 38°3°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1997)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 534
- Cooling degree days
- 6
High Forest in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1893)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1887)
- Heating degree days
- 940
- Cooling degree days
- 0
High Forest in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2017)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1370
- Cooling degree days
- 0