Ambrose weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ambrose, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fortuna 1 W, 24 km from Ambrose; records cover 1963–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.3 in389 mm
- Snow a year
- 37 in93 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 19
- First fall freeze
- Sep 17
- Heating degree days
- 9,957
- Cooling degree days
- 278
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −27°−33° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ambrose in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2002)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1788
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in February
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1992)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1496
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2021)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1270
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1980)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 776
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1980)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 418
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Ambrose in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 49°10°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 156
- Cooling degree days
- 39
Ambrose in July
Highs average 80°26° and lows 54°12°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2007)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 111
Ambrose in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 52°11°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1983)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 81
- Cooling degree days
- 103
Ambrose in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 41°5°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1976)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 320
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Ambrose in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1992)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 771
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in November
Highs average 35°1° and lows 15°−10°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1210
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ambrose in December
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1979)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1615
- Cooling degree days
- 0