Rochester, MN Weather & Climate Normals
Rochester's real weather, in one number
Rochester, MN scores 41/100 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.
Rochester's hottest and coldest months
Rochester's hottest month is Jul, averaging 70°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 13°F, a 56.6°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Rochester
Rochester averages 35.99in of precipitation a year across roughly 111 days with measurable rain or snow, and 44.4in of snow a year.
Where Rochester ranks
Rochester ranks 4339 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 52 of 155 within MN. About 123,624 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from BYRON 4NORTH, MN US, 9.6 miles from Rochester, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
What a 30-year climate normal actually is · Why this uses the nearest NOAA station