Hettinger weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hettinger, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hettinger Municipal Airport, 2 km from Hettinger; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 14.3 in362 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 21
- First fall freeze
- Sep 18
- Heating degree days
- 8,602
- Cooling degree days
- 387
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 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hettinger in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 5°−15°, with 0.19 in4.8 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2024)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 1506
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hettinger in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2016)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 1272
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hettinger in March
Highs average 42°6° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2012)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 1080
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hettinger in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 28°−2°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2001)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 716
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hettinger in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 38°4°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 406
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Hettinger in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 49°9°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2002)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 135
- Cooling degree days
- 48
Hettinger in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 54°12°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2002)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 160
Hettinger in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 52°11°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2001)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 139
Hettinger in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 42°6°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2001)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 245
- Cooling degree days
- 32
Hettinger in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 29°−1°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1997)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 679
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Hettinger in November
Highs average 42°5° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1066
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hettinger in December
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.14 in3.6 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2021)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (2017)
- Heating degree days
- 1413
- Cooling degree days
- 0