Cathay weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Cathay, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Carrington 4 N, 22 km from Cathay; records cover 1967–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.8 in528 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 24
- Heating degree days
- 9,262
- Cooling degree days
- 419
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Cathay in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows −1°−19°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1990)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1754
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cathay in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1992)
- Record low
- −39° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1467
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cathay in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2012)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 1223
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cathay in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.3 in32 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 722
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cathay in May
Highs average 67°20° and lows 42°5°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1980)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 340
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Cathay in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 53°12°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2021)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 81
Cathay in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 57°14°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1973)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 24
- Cooling degree days
- 163
Cathay in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 54°12°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1983)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 125
Cathay in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 45°7°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1978)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 226
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Cathay in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 32°0°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1992)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Cathay in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1975)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1125
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Cathay in December
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1969)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1584
- Cooling degree days
- 0