Tappen weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tappen, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Streeter 5 NW, 22 km from Tappen; records cover 1987–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19.8 in504 mm
- Snow a year
- 49 in124 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 15
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 9,140
- Cooling degree days
- 395
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
Tappen in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2012)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1706
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tappen in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−15°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2016)
- Record low
- −40° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1436
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tappen in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2012)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1206
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tappen in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1990)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 737
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tappen in May
Highs average 65°18° and lows 42°5°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2025)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 370
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Tappen in June
Highs average 74°23° and lows 53°12°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1988)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 107
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Tappen in July
Highs average 80°27° and lows 58°15°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 108°42° (2006)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 29
- Cooling degree days
- 158
Tappen in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (2003)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 48
- Cooling degree days
- 126
Tappen in September
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2001)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 242
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Tappen in OctoberThis month
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°1°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 1.9 in4.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2015)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 658
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Tappen in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 20°−7°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2016)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 1088
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tappen in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 8°−13°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2021)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1513
- Cooling degree days
- 0