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Weather in Sauk Rapids, MN · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sauk Rapids has real winters

Sauk Rapids has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 3°, and about 48 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 39° and a normal night drops to 23°.

Winter 24°/7°Spring 54°/33°Summer 79°/58°Fall 55°/36°
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Sunrise 6:59 am · sunset 5:00 pm

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What stands out about Sauk Rapids’s weather

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

Climate →
Real wintersJanuary nights average 3°, colder than 92% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 101 days a year.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 91% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sauk Rapids’s year

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

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Winter
24° / 7°
15 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
54° / 33°
Last frost around May 7
Summer
79° / 58°
9 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
55° / 36°
First frost around Sep 30
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 30). Last frost next spring: May 7
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sauk Rapids get?About 48 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 4.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.6° vs. the 20th century.

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

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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 Sauk Rapids itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at St Cloud Rgnl Airport, MN (6 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.