Montpelier weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Montpelier, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at JAMESTOWN STATE HOSP, 22 km from Montpelier; records cover 1881–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.1 in536 mm
- Snow a year
- 46 in117 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 8
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 9,062
- Cooling degree days
- 450
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 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Montpelier in January
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1908)
- Record low
- −41° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1724
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Montpelier in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1898)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1439
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Montpelier in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1907)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1200
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Montpelier in April
Highs average 53°12° and lows 29°−1°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 719
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Montpelier in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1934)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1909)
- Heating degree days
- 336
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Montpelier in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1933)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 80
- Cooling degree days
- 86
Montpelier in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1936)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 176
Montpelier in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°13°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1947)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 41
- Cooling degree days
- 134
Montpelier in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1931)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 35
Montpelier in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°1°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1963)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 651
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Montpelier in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1978)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 1098
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Montpelier in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 8°−14°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −40° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1531
- Cooling degree days
- 0