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Weather in Moorhead, MN · National Weather Service + NOAA

Moorhead has real winters

Moorhead has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 0°, and about 51 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 38° and a normal night drops to 21°.

Winter 22°/4°Spring 53°/32°Summer 80°/57°Fall 55°/35°
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Sunrise 7:11 am · sunset 5:09 pm

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What stands out about Moorhead’s weather

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

Climate →
Real wintersJanuary nights average 0°, colder than 96% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 107 days a year.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 93% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Moorhead’s year

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

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Winter
22° / 4°
14 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
53° / 32°
Last frost around May 10
Summer
80° / 57°
11 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
55° / 35°
First frost around Sep 30
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 30). 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 Moorhead get?About 51 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 4.3 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° vs. the 20th century.

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Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Moorhead.

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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 Moorhead itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Fargo Hector Intl Airport, ND (5 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.