Sawyer weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sawyer, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at MINOT INTL AP, 24 km from Sawyer; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 16.7 in424 mm
- Snow a year
- 45 in115 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 27
- Heating degree days
- 8,382
- Cooling degree days
- 552
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −19°−28° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sawyer in January
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2012)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1586
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sawyer in February
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation and 5 in14 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1958)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1334
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sawyer in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1966)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1108
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sawyer in April
Highs average 56°13° and lows 31°0°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation and 5 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 646
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Sawyer in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 43°6°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1980)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 297
- Cooling degree days
- 21
Sawyer in June
Highs average 78°25° and lows 54°12°, with 3.7 in95 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2021)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 74
- Cooling degree days
- 90
Sawyer in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 59°15°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1977)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 16
- Cooling degree days
- 206
Sawyer in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 56°14°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1949)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 28
- Cooling degree days
- 185
Sawyer in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 47°8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1978)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 194
- Cooling degree days
- 47
Sawyer in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 34°1°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 605
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Sawyer in November
Highs average 40°4° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1999)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1045
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sawyer in December
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.31 in7.9 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2015)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 1449
- Cooling degree days
- 0