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Weather in Baxter, MN · National Weather Service + NOAA

Baxter has real winters

Baxter has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 1°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 38°, and lows to 22°.

Winter 23°/5°Spring 53°/31°Summer 78°/56°Fall 54°/35°
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Sunrise 7:00 am · sunset 5:01 pm

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What stands out about Baxter’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Real wintersJanuary nights average 1°, colder than 95% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 118 days a year.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Baxter’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
23° / 5°
17 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
53° / 31°
Last frost around May 8
Summer
78° / 56°
5 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
54° / 35°
First frost around Sep 29
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 29). Last frost next spring: May 8
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Baxter get?About 48 inches a winter.When is it wettest?July, with 4.4 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.8° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Baxter itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Brainerd, MN (3 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.