Palisade weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Palisade, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sandy Lake Dam Libby, 16 km from Palisade; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 10
- First fall freeze
- Oct 4
- Heating degree days
- 9,225
- Cooling degree days
- 339
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 90°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Palisade in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −2°−19°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1942)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1753
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in February
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 0°−18°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1976)
- Record low
- −49°−45° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 1470
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 14°−10°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1946)
- Record low
- −40° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1221
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in April
Highs average 51°10° and lows 30°−1°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 743
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 43°6°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 360
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Palisade in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 53°12°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1910)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 63
Palisade in July
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°14°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 134
Palisade in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1976)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 52
- Cooling degree days
- 99
Palisade in September
Highs average 69°20° and lows 48°9°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2023)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 235
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Palisade in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 35°1°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1963)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 645
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Palisade in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 22°−6°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1978)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 1066
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Palisade in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1962)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 1538
- Cooling degree days
- 0