Towner weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Towner, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Towner 2 NE, 3 km from Towner; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.7 in449 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in100 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 22
- Heating degree days
- 9,511
- Cooling degree days
- 389
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −29°−34° (heating, 99%) and 94°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Towner in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2012)
- Record low
- −49°−45° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1790
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Towner in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 63°17° (1988)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1508
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Towner in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 13°−11°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1946)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 1265
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Towner in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1980)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 730
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Towner in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 40°4°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 350
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Towner in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 50°10°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1931)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Towner in July
Highs average 83°29° and lows 55°13°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 156
Towner in August
Highs average 83°29° and lows 52°11°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1929)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 44
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Towner in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 43°6°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1931)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 249
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Towner in OctoberThis month
Highs average 57°14° and lows 29°−1°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 2.2 in5.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1963)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 683
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Towner in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1999)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 1158
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Towner in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 2°−16°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1939)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1610
- Cooling degree days
- 0