Upsala weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Upsala, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Melrose, 24 km from Upsala; records cover 1960–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 29.1 in739 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in99 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,812
- Cooling degree days
- 483
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 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Upsala in January
Highs average 20°−7° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1981)
- Record low
- −41° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1711
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Upsala in February
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2017)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1428
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Upsala in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2021)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1173
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Upsala in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 31°−1°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 692
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Upsala in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2001)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 310
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Upsala in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4.2 in107 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 63
- Cooling degree days
- 106
Upsala in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 60°16°, with 4.3 in110 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 184
Upsala in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°14°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1976)
- Record low
- 35°2° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Upsala in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 48°9°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1978)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 214
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Upsala in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 35°2°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1992)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 617
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Upsala in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1978)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1052
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Upsala in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1962)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1502
- Cooling degree days
- 0