Cottage Grove, MN Weather & Climate Normals
Cottage Grove's real weather, in one number
Cottage Grove, MN scores 46/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Cottage Grove's hottest and coldest months
Cottage Grove's hottest month is Jul, averaging 73°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 16°F, a 57°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Cottage Grove's weather across the year
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24°F | 9°F | 0.48in |
| Feb | 29°F | 13°F | 0.52in |
| Mar | 42°F | 25°F | 1.43in |
| Apr | 57°F | 37°F | 2.58in |
| May | 69°F | 49°F | 3.97in |
| Jun | 79°F | 59°F | 4.63in |
| Jul | 83°F | 64°F | 3.97in |
| Aug | 80°F | 62°F | 4.1in |
| Sep | 72°F | 53°F | 3.08in |
| Oct | 58°F | 40°F | 2.47in |
| Nov | 42°F | 27°F | 1.32in |
| Dec | 29°F | 15°F | 0.65in |
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are the best time to see Cottage Grove at its mildest; the rest of the year, plan around Jan's cold.
Rain and snow in Cottage Grove
Over a typical year, Cottage Grove sees about 29.2in of precipitation a year across roughly 102 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Cottage Grove ranks
Cottage Grove ranks 2939 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 8 of 155 within MN. About 42,760 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from St Paul Downtown Ap, MN US, 10.7 miles from Cottage Grove, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is