Dawson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dawson, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Jamestown 38 Wsw, 24 km from Dawson; records cover 2008–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.9 in531 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 9,315
- Cooling degree days
- 335
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −21°−29° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dawson in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2012)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1723
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dawson in February
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2016)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1454
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dawson in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dawson in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2009)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 753
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dawson in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 2.9 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 391
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Dawson in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 3.7 in94 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 34°1° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 112
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Dawson in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 137
Dawson in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 55°13°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2013)
- Record low
- 40°4° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 114
Dawson in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2015)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 246
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Dawson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2015)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 695
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Dawson in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2016)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1118
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dawson in December
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2021)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1547
- Cooling degree days
- 0