Lake Park weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake Park, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at DETROIT LAKES 1 NNE, 21 km from Lake Park; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.5 in748 mm
- Snow a year
- 48 in121 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 24
- Heating degree days
- 9,398
- Cooling degree days
- 357
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −25°−32° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake Park in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1942)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1804
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Park in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1958)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1499
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Park in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1910)
- Record low
- −40° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1226
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Park in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 734
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lake Park in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°6°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1934)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 345
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Lake Park in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 53°12°, with 4.9 in124 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1921)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 91
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Lake Park in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.4 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 136
Lake Park in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Lake Park in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1931)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 242
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Lake Park in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°12° and lows 34°1°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2015)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 674
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Lake Park in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1904)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1112
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake Park in December
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1939)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 1581
- Cooling degree days
- 0