This weather has a price Keeping the median Burke County home comfortable runs roughly $519 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Burke County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

78.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -2.0°F.

Burke County gets 15.69" of precipitation a year, and 54% of it falls in May, Jun, Jul.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Precip
January	18.1°	-2.0°	0.40"
February	20.9°	1.3°	0.37"
March	33.2°	13.6°	0.63"
April	51.7°	26.5°	0.91"
May	64.9°	38.3°	2.27"
June	72.7°	49.1°	3.70"
July	78.1°	52.7°	2.51"
August	78.3°	50.2°	1.37"
September	68.5°	41.0°	1.49"
October	52.3°	28.0°	1.04"
November	34.1°	14.6°	0.54"
December	21.3°	3.0°	0.46"

Rainfall by month

Burke County has a distinct wet season. 54% of the year's precipitation arrives in May, Jun, Jul.

January 0.40"

February 0.37"

March 0.63"

April 0.91"

May 2.27"

June 3.70"

July 2.51"

August 1.37"

September 1.49"

October 1.04"

November 0.54"

December 0.46"

Annual total 15.69"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 174

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 10,000

Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, North Dakota average $25

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $494

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Burke County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Burke County?

Burke County averages a high of 78.3°F in August and a low of -2.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 15.69 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Burke County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 54% of the year's precipitation. That is a pronounced wet season rather than rain spread evenly through the year.

How hot does it get in Burke County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 78.3°F. That drives 174 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Burke County?

The weather station used for Burke County, NORTHGATE 5 ESE, ND US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 15.69 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station NORTHGATE 5 ESE, ND US (USW00094084), 20.2 miles from the county centroid.
Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, North Dakota residential average.
Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.