Minneapolis climate

Name: Minneapolis
Address: Minnesota, United States

United States · Minnesota · 44.978° N, 93.265° W

Köppen Dfahumid continentalContinental

One of the coldest big US cities: frigid snowy winters, warm humid summers.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 84°F / 29°C

Coldest month

February, 3°F / -16°C

Annual swing

81°F / 45°C

Wettest month

May

Driest month

January

Rain per year

30.5" / 773 mm

Snow per year

43.3" / 1100 mm

Elevation

830 ft / 253 m

Time zone

America/Chicago

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	24 / -5	7 / -14	0.13 / 3	7.6 / 193	78%	6.7 / 10.8	69%
February	24 / -5	3 / -16	0.32 / 8	8.9 / 225	76%	7.1 / 11.4	58%
March	41 / 5	22 / -6	1.71 / 43	6.0 / 154	71%	7.5 / 12.1	62%
April	53 / 12	33 / 1	2.82 / 72	5.7 / 144	67%	8.4 / 13.5	67%
May	68 / 20	47 / 8	4.98 / 126	0.0 / 1	65%	7.4 / 11.9	62%
June	82 / 28	61 / 16	3.24 / 82	0.0 / 0	61%	7.0 / 11.3	49%
July	84 / 29	64 / 18	4.04 / 103	0.0 / 0	69%	6.0 / 9.7	45%
August	82 / 28	62 / 17	4.48 / 114	0.0 / 0	71%	6.3 / 10.1	45%
September	74 / 24	56 / 13	3.30 / 84	0.0 / 0	71%	7.2 / 11.6	49%
October	57 / 14	41 / 5	3.25 / 83	2.1 / 54	70%	7.6 / 12.2	58%
November	42 / 6	27 / -3	1.22 / 31	5.2 / 132	70%	7.5 / 12.1	62%
December	31 / 0	15 / -10	0.96 / 24	7.8 / 198	77%	6.9 / 11.1	68%

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