Pipestone weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Pipestone, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Pipestone, 2 km from Pipestone; records cover 1877–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.6 in726 mm
- Snow a year
- 40 in101 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 10
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 8,088
- Cooling degree days
- 637
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Pipestone in January
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1981)
- Record low
- −40° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 1593
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pipestone in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1958)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 1316
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pipestone in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1943)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1067
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pipestone in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1910)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 621
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Pipestone in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Pipestone in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 58°14°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 53
- Cooling degree days
- 139
Pipestone in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 61°16°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 225
Pipestone in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 59°15°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1930)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 167
Pipestone in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1922)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 169
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Pipestone in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 36°2°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1997)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 554
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Pipestone in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1950)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 987
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Pipestone in December
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1939)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1412
- Cooling degree days
- 0