Tower weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tower, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Tower 2s, 4 km from Tower; records cover 1895–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 28.2 in716 mm
- Snow a year
- 69 in174 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 9
- First fall freeze
- Aug 30
- Heating degree days
- 10,348
- Cooling degree days
- 159
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −35°−37° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tower in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −7°−22°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1973)
- Record low
- −57°−49° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1863
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows −5°−20°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2011)
- Record low
- −60°−51° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1565
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2012)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1310
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1977)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 842
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 36°2°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1986)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 477
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Tower in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 47°8°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1995)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 188
- Cooling degree days
- 29
Tower in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 51°11°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1901)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Tower in August
Highs average 76°24° and lows 48°9°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1900)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 137
- Cooling degree days
- 41
Tower in September
Highs average 67°19° and lows 42°5°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1976)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1900)
- Heating degree days
- 342
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Tower in OctoberThis month
Highs average 51°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2015)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 744
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in November
Highs average 35°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −39° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 1156
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tower in December
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1962)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1626
- Cooling degree days
- 0