Prior Lake, MN Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in Prior Lake actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for Prior Lake, MN, the comfort score comes out to 46/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 5 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much Prior Lake's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in Prior Lake run from 16°F in Jan up to 74°F in Jul, a 57.8°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
How wet Prior Lake actually gets
Prior Lake averages 30.64in of precipitation a year across roughly 107 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.
Prior Lake against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, Prior Lake comes in at 2969; within MN alone it ranks 16 of 155. Population is about 28,018.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from MPLS FLYING CLOUD AP, MN US, the NOAA station 7.5 miles from Prior Lake, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station