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Weather in McKinley Township, ND · National Weather Service + NOAA

McKinley Township is snow country

McKinley Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 1°, and about 52 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. A typical November afternoon reaches 36°, and nights fall to 19°.

Winter 22°/4°Spring 52°/29°Summer 79°/55°Fall 54°/32°
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Sunrise 8:32 am · sunset 6:24 pm

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What stands out about McKinley Township’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 52 inches a winter, more than 1,371 of 1,453 North Dakota towns.Real wintersJanuary nights average 1°, colder than 95% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 92% of U.S. towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 114 days a year.
A normal year

Where today sits in McKinley Township’s year

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

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Winter
22° / 4°
18 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
52° / 29°
Last frost around May 13
Summer
79° / 55°
8 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
54° / 32°
First frost around Sep 27
Pastthe usual first frost (Sep 27). Last frost next spring: May 13
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does McKinley Township get?About 52 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 3.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.0° vs. the 20th century.

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

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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 McKinley Township itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Minot Exp Stn, ND (11 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.