Wales weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wales, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Langdon Exp Farm, 24 km from Wales; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 20.8 in527 mm
- Snow a year
- 47 in120 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 10,361
- Cooling degree days
- 248
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 88°31° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wales in January
Highs average 13°−11° and lows −5°−21°, with 0.45 in11 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1942)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1899
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wales in February
Highs average 17°−8° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2000)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 1608
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wales in March
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1910)
- Record low
- −40° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1367
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wales in April
Highs average 48°9° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1980)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 816
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wales in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 40°5°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1934)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 413
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Wales in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 52°11°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1897)
- Heating degree days
- 142
- Cooling degree days
- 44
Wales in July
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 112°44° (1936)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1898)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 93
Wales in August
Highs average 77°25° and lows 54°12°, with 2.5 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1933)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 77
- Cooling degree days
- 82
Wales in September
Highs average 67°20° and lows 44°7°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1983)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 301
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Wales in OctoberThis month
Highs average 51°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1963)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 753
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Wales in November
Highs average 32°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1999)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 1230
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wales in December
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1939)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1916)
- Heating degree days
- 1699
- Cooling degree days
- 0