ST CLOUD, MN (ST CLOUD REGIONAL AIRPORT)

Overview:
St. Cloud is the tenth-largest city in the state of Minnesota, and it is the largest in its central region. The city straddles the Mississippi River, and its terrain is gently rolling with several surrounding lakes and wooded areas.

The climate in the region can be described as continental, and it is influenced by atmospheric moisture flowing into the state from the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific coast. Nearly half of average annual precipitation occurs as rainfall during the summer months, with thunderstorms a frequent occurrence. Summers are hot and humid, though prolonged periods of high temperatures and humidity are infrequent. Winters are cold, influenced by arctic air masses traveling southward through the region. Snowfall is common during the winter, though not as heavy as in more southern areas in the state.

State/ Province ID: MN

Station ID: W00014926

Directory Name: ST_CLOUD_RGNL_AP__MN_W00014926

Elevation: 310.30m

Climatology PDF: Array

The resources presented here were developed in cooperation with the Office of the Michigan State Climatologist using data from the National Centers for Environmental Information. For more information regarding our data sources, quality control, and methodology, please see our Historical Climatologies: Quality Control reference guide.

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Recent Climate Summary, 1991-2020

Average Temperature43.2°F6.2°C
Average Low Temperature32.8°F0.4°C
Average High Temperature53.7°12.0°C
Days/Year that exceed 90°F6.8 
Days/Year that fall below 32°F165.6 
Lowest Annual Average Temperature38.9°F3.8°C
Highest Annual Average Temperature47.1°F8.4°C
Average Annual Total Precipitation28.5 in72.3 cm
Lowest Annual Precipitation Total18.4 in46.7 cm
Highest Annual Precipitation Total41.9 in106.5 cm
Days/Year that exceed 1.25" of Precipitation3.8 

Temperature

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  • Monthly Average Temperature
  • How Temperatures are Changing
    • Changes in Average Temperature – Includes a summary table of the average annual and seasonal temperature changes, and time series graphs of how the annual low, average, and high temperatures compare to the long term average plotted for every year on record.
    • Cold Temperatures – View time series plots of the number of days per year below 32°F and the number of heating degree days per year to see how cold days are changing.
    • Hot Temperatures – View time series plots of the number of days per year above 90°F and the number of cooling degree days per year to see how hot days are changing.
    • Growing Season Changes – View a time series of the annual number of days in the freeze-free period.

Monthly Average Temperature

Changes in Average Temperature, 1951-2025.

 °F°C
Annual average temperature3.41.9
Winter average temperature5.53.0
Spring average temperature3.41.9
Summer average temperature1.81.0
Fall average temperature3.11.7

Annual High and Low Temperature Departure

Cold Temperatures

¹Heating Degree Days (HDDs) are indexed units, not actual days, that roughly describe the demand to heat a building. HDDs accumulate on days colder than 65°F when heating is required. Every degree below 65°F is added to the annual total for an annual HDD value, which is plotted in the figure.

Hot Temperatures

²Cooling Degree Days (CDDs) are indexed units, not actual days, that roughly describe the demand to cool a building. CDDs accumulate on days warmer than 65°F when cooling is required. Every degree above 65°F is added to the annual total for an annual CDD value, which is plotted in the figure.

Growing Season Changes

Precipitation

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  • Monthly Average Precipitation – View a graph of the monthly low, average, and high precipitation climatology (average) of the past 30 years
  • How Precipitation is Changing
    • Changes in Total Precipitation – Includes a summary table of the average annual and seasonal precipitation changes.
    • Heavy Precipitation – View a bar chart of how annual number of days receiving more than 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, and 2 inches of precipitation are changing over the period of record.

Monthly Average Precipitation

Changes in Average Precipitation, 1951-2025.

 in.cm.%
Annual total precipitation2.66.59.30
Winter total precipitation0.40.914.80
Spring total precipitation2.15.430.50
Summer total precipitation-1.8-4.5-14.10
Fall total precipitation1.84.430.80

Heavy Precipitation