Watson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Watson, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Milan 1nw, 16 km from Watson; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 27.4 in695 mm
- Snow a year
- 51 in130 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 3
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 7,687
- Cooling degree days
- 765
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 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Watson in January
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1981)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1576
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watson in February
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1895)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1294
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watson in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.4 in37 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1910)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 1020
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watson in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 35°2°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 552
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Watson in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°9°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 211
- Cooling degree days
- 53
Watson in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1928)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 173
Watson in July
Highs average 85°29° and lows 61°16°, with 4.1 in103 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1934)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Watson in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 191
Watson in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 50°10°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1931)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 135
- Cooling degree days
- 79
Watson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 38°3°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1938)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 500
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Watson in November
Highs average 43°6° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2020)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 945
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Watson in December
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1939)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1396
- Cooling degree days
- 0