Max weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Max, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Max, 0 km from Max; records cover 1929–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.7 in475 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in125 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 24
- Heating degree days
- 9,304
- Cooling degree days
- 407
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
Max in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1931)
- Record low
- −39° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1725
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Max in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1958)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1445
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Max in March
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1946)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1220
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Max in April
Highs average 51°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1952)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 737
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Max in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°6°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1934)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 365
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Max in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 53°12°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 109°43° (1931)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 108
- Cooling degree days
- 61
Max in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1936)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 157
Max in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 56°13°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1941)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Max in September
Highs average 70°21° 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
- 106°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 245
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Max in OctoberThis month
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1953)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 690
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Max in November
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 1140
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Max in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1939)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1551
- Cooling degree days
- 0