Motley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Motley, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Gull Lake Dam, 23 km from Motley; records cover 1911–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.1 in688 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 9,020
- Cooling degree days
- 423
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −21°−29° (heating, 99%) and 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Motley in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1973)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1758
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Motley in February
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1961)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1448
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Motley in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1968)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1197
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Motley in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 725
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Motley in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 45°7°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1911)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 322
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Motley in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 56°13°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1911)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 83
Motley in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 61°16°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1917)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 173
Motley in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 59°15°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1976)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 34
- Cooling degree days
- 120
Motley in September
Highs average 68°20° and lows 49°10°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2023)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 223
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Motley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°12° and lows 36°2°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1953)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 638
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Motley in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 22°−5°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2022)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1054
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Motley in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1962)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1527
- Cooling degree days
- 0