New Salem weather by month
What a typical year looks like in New Salem, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at New Salem 5nw, 8 km from New Salem; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.3 in466 mm
- Snow a year
- 45 in113 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 18
- First fall freeze
- Sep 21
- Heating degree days
- 8,945
- Cooling degree days
- 419
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −22°−30° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
New Salem in January
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1981)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1658
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Salem in February
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1958)
- Record low
- −41° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1372
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Salem in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1910)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1144
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Salem in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1980)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 712
- Cooling degree days
- 1
New Salem in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 41°5°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 371
- Cooling degree days
- 10
New Salem in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°10°, with 3.5 in88 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2002)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 117
- Cooling degree days
- 57
New Salem in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 56°13°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 119°48° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 32
- Cooling degree days
- 164
New Salem in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 54°12°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1893)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1914)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 147
New Salem in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 45°7°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1978)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 230
- Cooling degree days
- 38
New Salem in OctoberThis month
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°0°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1963)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 665
- Cooling degree days
- 2
New Salem in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1999)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1092
- Cooling degree days
- 0
New Salem in December
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −40° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1503
- Cooling degree days
- 0