St. Paul, MN Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in St. Paul actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for St. Paul, 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 St. Paul's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in St. Paul run from 16°F in Jan up to 73°F in Jul, a 57°F seasonal swing, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
St. Paul, month by month
| 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 |
If you're timing a visit, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, and Sep are St. Paul's mildest stretch; if you're moving there, you should plan around Jan's cold instead.
How wet St. Paul actually gets
St. Paul averages 29.2in of precipitation a year across roughly 102 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.
St. Paul against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, St. Paul comes in at 2895; within MN alone it ranks 1 of 155. Population is about 307,465.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from St Paul Downtown Ap, MN US, the NOAA station 2.6 miles from St. Paul, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is