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Weather in The Ranch, MN · National Weather Service + NOAA

The Ranch has real winters

The Ranch has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to -3°, and about 52 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 35°, and nights fall to 19°.

Winter 20°/1°Spring 51°/29°Summer 77°/54°Fall 52°/33°
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Sunrise 8:18 am · sunset 5:54 pm

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What stands out about The Ranch’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 99% of U.S. towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 79°, cooler than 94% of U.S. towns.A long heating seasonMore heating degree days than 97% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in The Ranch’s year

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

Full climate →
Winter
20° / 1°
19 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
51° / 29°
Last frost around May 7
Summer
77° / 54°
5 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
52° / 33°
First frost around Sep 28
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 28). 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 The Ranch get?About 52 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 4.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° 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 The Ranch itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Itasca Univ Of Minn, MN (24 mi, snow) and Mahnomen, MN (13 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.