Sutton weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sutton, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mc Henry 3w, 25 km from Sutton; records cover 1909–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.1 in537 mm
- Snow a year
- 60 in152 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 9,331
- Cooling degree days
- 416
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 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sutton in January
Highs average 17°−9° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation and 11 in29 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1942)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1778
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sutton in February
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1958)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 1484
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sutton in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (1910)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1238
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sutton in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1980)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 725
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sutton in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 42°6°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1939)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 342
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Sutton in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 54°12°, with 3.6 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1961)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 90
- Cooling degree days
- 78
Sutton in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°14°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1917)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 27
- Cooling degree days
- 160
Sutton in August
Highs average 80°27° and lows 56°13°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1983)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 44
- Cooling degree days
- 127
Sutton in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1978)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 228
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Sutton in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°0°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 2.5 in6.4 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 665
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Sutton in November
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.88 in22 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1124
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sutton in December
Highs average 22°−6° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.81 in21 mm of precipitation and 14 in36 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1586
- Cooling degree days
- 0