Minnesota

Greenbush, Minnesota Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Agassiz Refuge, 46.9 km from Greenbush

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 81°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of -3°F. A normal year brings 24.4 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Flag Island (FGN), since 1901. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Greenbush through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-100-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
66°F
Normal low
44°F
Record high
87°Fin 2007
Record low
22°Fin 1912
Chance of a wet day
31%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January16°F-3°F50°F (1942)-55°F (1936)0.60 in8.830.91,8200
February22°F0°F56°F (1958)-55°F (1933)0.53 in6.527.61,5040
March36°F15°F81°F (1910)-42°F (1916)0.75 in6.628.21,2180
April53°F31°F93°F (1980)-18°F (1936)1.38 in7.518.87011
May67°F44°F99°F (1934)14°F (1958)3.15 in11.93.530922
June77°F55°F102°F (1912)28°F (1964)3.92 in12.40.07298
July81°F59°F103°F (1936)32°F (1903)4.04 in12.70.023167
August80°F57°F101°F (1989)29°F (1910)3.25 in10.00.137141
September70°F48°F96°F (1931)16°F (2012)2.70 in10.01.921339
October54°F34°F86°F (1914)-12°F (1936)2.16 in9.313.86442
November36°F19°F73°F (1975)-30°F (1958)1.07 in8.227.31,1220
December21°F5°F53°F (1941)-50°F (1933)0.85 in8.831.01,6130
Year51°F30°F24.40 in1131839,275470

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

24.4 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Greenbush, in percent.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Agassiz Refuge. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 6 and the first fall freeze around October 3, a growing season of about 148 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 15, first September 24
Median at 32°F
last May 6, first October 3
Median at 28°F
last April 28, first October 12

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Greenbush.

The muggiest month is July, when 9 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January2°F94%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February7°F92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March19°F79%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April29°F66%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May42°F66%92%6%2%0%0%0%
June53°F69%61%24%10%4%1%0%
July57°F68%39%33%18%7%2%0%
August54°F65%57%24%15%4%0%0%
September46°F69%86%9%4%1%0%0%
October34°F75%99%1%0%0%0%0%
November21°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December9°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 54 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 70 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is March, averaging 12.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 16 h 10 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 8 h 16 min.

Hours of daylight at Greenbush through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Roseau County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Roseau County: 65.7°F (+0.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 35th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Roseau County: 1.56 in (-1.41 in against 1991-2020), the 24th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Roseau County: 41.1°F (+0.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 27th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Roseau County: 12.22 in (-4.79 in against 1991-2020), the 19th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
70.0°F in 1983
Coolest August
58.2°F in 1912
Wettest August
8.05 in in 1974
Driest August
0.77 in in 1930

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Roseau County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-10-50+5+101900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Minnesota climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Greenbush in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1901. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00210050 (Agassiz Refuge), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00218679, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.