North Dakota

Crosby, North Dakota Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Crosby, 0.2 km from Crosby

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 81°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 0°F. A normal year brings 16.1 in of precipitation and 40.7 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Crosby (D50), since 1907. The line marks today.

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

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
65°F
Normal low
40°F
Record high
94°Fin 2014
Record low
9°Fin 1926
Chance of a wet day
20%
Daylight
12 h 00 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 daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January20°F0°F56°F (2012)-45°F (1912)0.52 in6.48.8 in30.91,7130
February24°F4°F66°F (1932)-47°F (1936)0.40 in4.44.6 in27.71,4320
March37°F16°F81°F (1910)-34°F (1948)0.60 in5.65.2 in28.51,1940
April55°F29°F92°F (1980)-13°F (1975)0.95 in6.13.3 in18.27040
May67°F40°F103°F (1980)11°F (1909)2.23 in8.21.1 in4.936010
June75°F50°F105°F (1988)24°F (1915)3.23 in11.40.0 in0.011551
July81°F55°F111°F (1937)33°F (1967)2.68 in8.50.0 in0.033129
August81°F53°F107°F (1983)25°F (1934)1.66 in6.50.0 in0.055116
September70°F44°F103°F (1978)9°F (1926)1.77 in6.20.0 in1.726923
October53°F31°F91°F (1957)-7°F (1957)1.10 in6.13.1 in15.67081
November36°F17°F71°F (1969)-25°F (1985)0.53 in5.45.6 in27.21,1580
December23°F5°F61°F (1939)-40°F (1983)0.43 in6.39.0 in30.91,5780
Year52°F29°F16.10 in8140.7 in1869,318329

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.

16.1 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Crosby, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Crosby.

40.7 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Crosby. 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 17 and the first fall freeze around September 23, a growing season of about 128 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 25, first September 15
Median at 32°F
last May 17, first September 23
Median at 28°F
last May 7, first September 30

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January8°F89%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February12°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March20°F71%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April27°F60%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May37°F57%99%1%0%0%0%0%
June47°F60%88%9%3%0%0%0%
July51°F55%73%21%6%0%0%0%
August49°F54%82%14%3%0%0%0%
September41°F59%97%2%1%0%0%0%
October31°F67%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November21°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December12°F86%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 July, with the sky 51 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 68 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 12.3 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 16 h 12 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 8 h 14 min.

Hours of daylight at Crosby through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Divide 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 Divide County: 66.4°F (+0.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 47th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Divide County: 1.89 in (+0.28 in against 1991-2020), the 52nd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Divide County: 45.0°F (+2.9 °F against 1991-2020), the 9th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Divide County: 11.11 in (-1.27 in against 1991-2020), the 60th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
73.1°F in 1983
Coolest August
59.0°F in 1910
Wettest August
6.07 in in 1968
Driest August
0.11 in in 1961

Every year since 1895

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

North Dakota climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Crosby 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 1907. 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 USC00321871 (Crosby), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00321871, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.