Golva weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Golva, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Carlyle 13 NW, 25 km from Golva; records cover 1962–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.8 in425 mm
- Snow a year
- 55 in140 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 8,321
- Cooling degree days
- 429
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −18°−28° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Golva in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1992)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1455
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golva in February
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1992)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1239
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golva in March
Highs average 42°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2015)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1045
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golva in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.6 in42 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 698
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golva in May
Highs average 63°17° and lows 41°5°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation and 2.4 in6.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 409
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Golva in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 50°10°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 141
- Cooling degree days
- 42
Golva in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 57°14°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2024)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 33
- Cooling degree days
- 169
Golva in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 55°13°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2018)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 165
Golva in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1976)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 232
- Cooling degree days
- 45
Golva in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1992)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 648
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Golva in November
Highs average 40°5° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1999)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1017
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Golva in December
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −39° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1358
- Cooling degree days
- 0