Lake George weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake George, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Itasca Univ Of Minn, 17 km from Lake George; records cover 1911–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.6 in700 mm
- Snow a year
- 52 in131 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 17
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 9,794
- Cooling degree days
- 262
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −29°−34° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake George in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1942)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 1820
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake George in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1976)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1523
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake George in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 12°−11°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1946)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1271
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake George in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 26°−3°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake George in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1934)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 407
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Lake George in June
Highs average 74°24° and lows 51°10°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1911)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Lake George in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1917)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1926)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Lake George in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1922)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 75
- Cooling degree days
- 77
Lake George in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 44°7°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1931)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 284
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Lake George in OctoberThis month
Highs average 52°11° and lows 33°0°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1963)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 704
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lake George in November
Highs average 35°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1975)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1149
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake George in December
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1939)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1592
- Cooling degree days
- 0