Oak Park Heights, MN climate
Oak Park Heights has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 40 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Oak Park Heights feels like
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Oak Park Heights weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23° | 6° | 0.8" | 8.3" | 7 | 20 | 4° – 27° |
| February | 28° | 10° | 0.8" | 12.3" | 6 | 16 | 6° – 31° |
| March | 41° | 22° | 1.6" | 4.0" | 9 | 9 | 23° – 47° |
| April | 56° | 35° | 2.9" | 2.1" | 10 | 2 | 35° – 53° |
| May | 68° | 47° | 4.2" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 53° – 65° |
| June | 78° | 57° | 4.9" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 64° – 72° |
| July | 82° | 62° | 4.2" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 66° – 78° |
| August | 80° | 60° | 4.6" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 65° – 74° |
| September | 72° | 52° | 3.4" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 54° – 66° |
| October | 58° | 39° | 2.8" | 0.5" | 10 | 0 | 42° – 54° |
| November | 41° | 26° | 1.7" | 3.0" | 7 | 3 | 24° – 46° |
| December | 28° | 13° | 1.2" | 10.2" | 8 | 12 | 8° – 30° |
| Year | 55° | 36° | 33.0" | 40.4" | 116 | 62 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Oak Park Heights
Oak Park Heights gets 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year. June is the wettest month and January the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 116 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 62 days of the year.
About 163 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 30 and the first one by October 11. That leaves about 163 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 68% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Oak Park Heights
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Oak Park Heights, 94% of that work is heating and 6% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Oak Park Heights and its neighbors
Oak Park Heights borders 6 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.9°. St. Joseph has the coldest January nights (6°) and Bayport the hottest July afternoons (83°). Oak Park Heights’s January low is 6° and its July high 82°.
Temperatures and rain come from NOAA’s 5 km grid, so each town gets its own value.
How Oak Park Heights compares
Compared with every U.S. town and city on TownTapestry, each counted once.
Warmer than it used to be
The last 30 years in Oak Park Heights averaged 1.5° warmer than the 1900s. The biggest change is in January (+3.6°). The shift is larger than in 70% of U.S. towns.
Change by month1991–2020 average minus 1901–2000 average, at Oak Park Heights’s spot on NOAA’s grid
How much a month can swing
A normal is an average, and real years wander around it. February swings the most: between 1991 and 2020 its average temperature ranged from 6° to 31°. June is the most reliable, staying within 7°.
Common questions about Oak Park Heights’s climate
What is the coldest month in Oak Park Heights?
January, with a typical high of 23° and a low of 6°.
What is the hottest month in Oak Park Heights?
July, with a typical high of 82° and a low of 62°. About 4 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Oak Park Heights get?
About 40 inches in a normal winter, most of it in February.
When is the first frost in Oak Park Heights?
In half of years the first 32° night comes by October 11, and the last spring frost by April 30.
What is the rainiest month in Oak Park Heights?
June, with 4.9 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 33 inches.
Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for Oak Park Heights itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at U Of Mn St Paul, MN (18 mi, snow) and Stillwater 2sw, MN (2 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000.