Rugby weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Rugby, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Rugby, 1 km from Rugby; records cover 1904–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21 in533 mm
- Snow a year
- 43 in110 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 9,799
- Cooling degree days
- 303
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −27°−33° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Rugby in January
Highs average 16°−9° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2012)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1829
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rugby in February
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1988)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1524
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rugby in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.9 in23 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1963)
- Record low
- −40° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1280
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rugby in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 752
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rugby in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 40°5°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1980)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 377
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Rugby in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 51°11°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 113
- Cooling degree days
- 50
Rugby in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 55°13°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1988)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 38
- Cooling degree days
- 116
Rugby in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 53°12°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 62
- Cooling degree days
- 103
Rugby in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 44°6°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1959)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 272
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Rugby in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1963)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 717
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Rugby in November
Highs average 35°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.92 in23 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1975)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1191
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Rugby in December
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2015)
- Record low
- −40° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1644
- Cooling degree days
- 0