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Weather in Garrison, MN · National Weather Service + NOAA

Garrison has real winters

Garrison has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 80°, a January night drops to 1°, and about 43 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 38°, and lows to 22°.

Winter 23°/5°Spring 52°/30°Summer 78°/55°Fall 54°/35°
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Sunrise 7:58 am · sunset 5:59 pm

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What stands out about Garrison’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 96% of U.S. towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 91% of U.S. towns.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Garrison’s year

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

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Winter
23° / 5°
15 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
52° / 30°
Last frost around May 10
Summer
78° / 55°
2 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
54° / 35°
First frost around Oct 3
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 3). Last frost next spring: May 10
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Garrison get?About 43 inches a winter.When is it wettest?July, with 4.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° 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 Garrison itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Isle 12n, MN (16 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.