Hankinson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hankinson, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Victor 4 N, 18 km from Hankinson; records cover 1989–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.8 in655 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in125 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,727
- Cooling degree days
- 497
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −20°−29° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hankinson in January
Highs average 20°−7° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2012)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1699
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hankinson in February
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2016)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1428
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hankinson in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2021)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 1175
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hankinson in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 31°0°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2004)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 680
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hankinson in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 297
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Hankinson in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2022)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 60
- Cooling degree days
- 111
Hankinson in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 60°15°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2006)
- Record low
- 44°7° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 188
Hankinson in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 57°14°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1991)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 34
- Cooling degree days
- 131
Hankinson in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 47°8°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1998)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 199
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Hankinson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 34°1°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation and 1.3 in3.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2015)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 604
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Hankinson in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2020)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1046
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hankinson in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1995)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 1489
- Cooling degree days
- 0