Bottineau weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Bottineau, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bottineau, 1 km from Bottineau; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19.2 in488 mm
- Snow a year
- 50 in126 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 9,917
- Cooling degree days
- 319
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 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Bottineau in January
Highs average 15°−9° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2012)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1841
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bottineau in February
Highs average 20°−7° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1988)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1548
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bottineau in March
Highs average 33°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1910)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1293
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bottineau in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 758
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bottineau in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 41°5°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1925)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 379
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Bottineau in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 3.9 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1936)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 121
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Bottineau in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 124
Bottineau in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 54°12°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1893)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 104
Bottineau in September
Highs average 69°21° and lows 44°7°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1931)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 26
Bottineau in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1920)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 736
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Bottineau in November
Highs average 34°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1975)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 1203
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Bottineau in December
Highs average 20°−7° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1939)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 1663
- Cooling degree days
- 0