Washburn weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Washburn, North Dakota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Underwood, 20 km from Washburn; records cover 1954–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18 in458 mm
- Snow a year
- 39 in98 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 9,221
- Cooling degree days
- 430
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −21°−29° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Washburn in January
Highs average 19°−7° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2012)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 1711
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Washburn in February
Highs average 23°−5° and lows 4°−16°, with 0.5 in13 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 65°18° (1958)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1443
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Washburn in March
Highs average 36°2° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2012)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1206
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Washburn in April
Highs average 53°11° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1980)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 731
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Washburn in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°5°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1955)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 361
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Washburn in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 52°11°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2002)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 103
- Cooling degree days
- 64
Washburn in July
Highs average 82°28° and lows 57°14°, with 2.4 in62 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1988)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 169
Washburn in August
Highs average 82°28° and lows 55°13°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2003)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 47
- Cooling degree days
- 150
Washburn in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 45°7°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1978)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 239
- Cooling degree days
- 34
Washburn in OctoberThis month
Highs average 54°12° and lows 32°0°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1963)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 688
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Washburn in November
Highs average 37°3° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1999)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1128
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Washburn in December
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.63 in16 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1969)
- Record low
- −36°−38° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 1538
- Cooling degree days
- 0