Gardner weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Gardner, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Georgetown 1 E, 16 km from Gardner; records cover 1962–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 24.7 in627 mm
- Snow a year
- 41 in104 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 11
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 8,842
- Cooling degree days
- 540
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
Gardner in January
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1981)
- Record low
- −40° (1977)
- Heating degree days
- 1760
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in February
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2024)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1461
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1963)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1169
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1980)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Gardner in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 44°7°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1964)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1981)
- Heating degree days
- 286
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Gardner in June
Highs average 78°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2021)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 58
- Cooling degree days
- 115
Gardner in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.8 in98 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 17
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Gardner in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 57°14°, with 3 in75 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 150
Gardner in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 48°9°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1983)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 192
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Gardner in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 36°2°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2015)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 592
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Gardner in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1975)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1072
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gardner in December
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.97 in25 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1962)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1544
- Cooling degree days
- 0