Wright weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wright, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wright 3 E, 4 km from Wright; records cover 1961–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 31.2 in791 mm
- Snow a year
- 59 in150 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 21
- First fall freeze
- Sep 21
- Heating degree days
- 9,931
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −26°−32° (heating, 99%) and 87°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wright in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows −3°−19°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1973)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1775
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in February
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1976)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1484
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 13°−11°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2007)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1256
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in April
Highs average 50°10° and lows 26°−4°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 813
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 37°3°, with 3.5 in89 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1986)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 461
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Wright in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°8°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 192
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Wright in July
Highs average 76°25° and lows 52°11°, with 4.4 in111 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1988)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 86
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Wright in August
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 4.1 in105 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1976)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 119
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Wright in September
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1976)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Wright in OctoberThis month
Highs average 52°11° and lows 32°0°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 2 in5.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1963)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in November
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1975)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1136
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wright in December
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1962)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1582
- Cooling degree days
- 0