Rutledge weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rutledge, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sandstone 6 W, 18 km from Rutledge; records cover 2007–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 33.3 in847 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Sep 30
- Heating degree days
- 8,837
- Cooling degree days
- 266
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
Rutledge in January
Highs average 20°−7° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2012)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1669
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rutledge in February
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 6°−15°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2017)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1379
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rutledge in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −25°−32° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1144
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rutledge in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 713
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rutledge in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 41°5°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2018)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 357
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Rutledge in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 52°11°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2021)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 103
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Rutledge in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 5.6 in141 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2012)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 108
Rutledge in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2013)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 77
Rutledge in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 46°8°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2023)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 248
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Rutledge in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 35°2°, with 3.1 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2025)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 616
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Rutledge in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2020)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rutledge in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2021)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1479
- Cooling degree days
- 0