This weather has a price Keeping the median Golden Valley County home comfortable runs roughly $476 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Golden Valley County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

85.0°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 6.2°F.

Golden Valley County gets 16.5" of precipitation a year, and 44% 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	27.3°	6.2°	0.53"
February	31.0°	10.4°	0.50"
March	43.1°	20.3°	0.79"
April	56.3°	29.7°	1.70"
May	67.4°	40.5°	2.36"
June	76.5°	50.5°	2.50"
July	84.6°	55.6°	2.47"
August	85.0°	53.9°	1.56"
September	73.9°	44.9°	1.81"
October	56.5°	32.3°	1.27"
November	40.9°	20.3°	0.49"
December	30.2°	10.4°	0.52"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 44% falling in the wettest three months (May, Jun, Jul).

January 0.53"

February 0.50"

March 0.79"

April 1.70"

May 2.36"

June 2.50"

July 2.47"

August 1.56"

September 1.81"

October 1.27"

November 0.49"

December 0.52"

Annual total 16.5"

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 492

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,236

Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, North Dakota average $69

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $407

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 Golden Valley County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Golden Valley County?

Golden Valley County averages a high of 85.0°F in August and a low of 6.2°F in January. Annual precipitation is 16.5 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Golden Valley County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 44% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Golden Valley County?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 85.0°F. That drives 492 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Golden Valley County?

The weather station used for Golden Valley County, BEACH, 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 16.5 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 BEACH, ND US (USC00320590), 8.1 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.