Red Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Red Lake, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Red Lake Indian Agcy, 1 km from Red Lake; records cover 1943–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.8 in578 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 9,639
- Cooling degree days
- 338
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −27°−33° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Red Lake in January
Highs average 16°−9° and lows −3°−19°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 51°11° (1981)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1808
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Red Lake in February
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2017)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1517
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Red Lake in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1946)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1259
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Red Lake in April
Highs average 48°9° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 795
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Red Lake in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 43°6°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1964)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 396
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Red Lake in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 54°12°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1995)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 115
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Red Lake in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 60°15°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2006)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 39
- Cooling degree days
- 136
Red Lake in August
Highs average 76°24° and lows 57°14°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1976)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Red Lake in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 48°9°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1976)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 267
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Red Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 51°11° and lows 36°2°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2015)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 670
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Red Lake in November
Highs average 34°1° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1125
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Red Lake in December
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1962)
- Record low
- −39° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 1592
- Cooling degree days
- 0