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United States › Minnesota › Freeborn County › Climate Station ALBERT LEA 3SE, MN US Distance 5.3 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Freeborn County home comfortable runs roughly $583 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Freeborn County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

81.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 5.9°F.

Freeborn County gets 35.77" of precipitation a year and 39.5" of snow, and 42% 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.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 22.5° 5.9° 0.89" 8.9"
February 27.1° 9.8° 0.87" 9.8"
March 39.6° 22.8° 1.94" 6.6"
April 55.1° 35.5° 3.74" 2.8"
May 68.0° 48.1° 4.85" 0.3"
June 78.3° 59.0° 5.44" 0.0"
July 81.6° 62.5° 4.81" 0.0"
August 79.2° 59.9° 4.27" 0.0"
September 73.0° 51.1° 3.71" 0.0"
October 58.9° 37.7° 2.58" 0.3"
November 42.1° 25.3° 1.54" 2.7"
December 28.3° 13.4° 1.13" 8.1"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 42% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.89"
February 0.87"
March 1.94"
April 3.74"
May 4.85"
June 5.44"
July 4.81"
August 4.27"
September 3.71"
October 2.58"
November 1.54"
December 1.13"
Annual total 35.77"

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 651
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,828
Approximate annual cooling cost At 17.2¢/kWh, Minnesota average $112
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $471

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 Freeborn County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Freeborn County?

Freeborn County averages a high of 81.6°F in July and a low of 5.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 35.77 inches, including 39.5 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Freeborn County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 42% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Freeborn County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 81.6°F. That drives 651 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Freeborn County?

Yes. Freeborn County averages 39.5 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station ALBERT LEA 3SE, MN US (USC00210075), 5.3 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, Minnesota residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.