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United States › North Dakota › Griggs County › Climate Station COOPERSTOWN, ND US Distance 9.7 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Griggs 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

Griggs County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

78.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -3.1°F.

Griggs County gets 22" of precipitation a year and 42.2" of snow, and 47% of it falls in Jun, Jul, Aug.

Temperature through the year

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

0° 20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 16.4° -3.1° 0.47" 8.4"
February 21.0° 0.6° 0.63" 7.0"
March 34.3° 14.6° 0.74" 7.5"
April 52.0° 29.0° 1.19" 2.5"
May 66.0° 41.3° 3.04" 0.1"
June 74.7° 52.4° 3.43" 0.0"
July 78.8° 56.4° 3.75" 0.0"
August 78.3° 53.3° 3.16" 0.0"
September 69.2° 44.9° 2.09" 0.0"
October 53.7° 31.8° 1.98" 1.1"
November 35.6° 17.0° 0.78" 5.9"
December 22.2° 3.7° 0.74" 9.7"

Rainfall by month

Griggs County has a distinct wet season. 47% of the year's precipitation arrives in Jun, Jul, Aug.

January 0.47"
February 0.63"
March 0.74"
April 1.19"
May 3.04"
June 3.43"
July 3.75"
August 3.16"
September 2.09"
October 1.98"
November 0.78"
December 0.74"
Annual total 22"

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 307
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 9,619
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, North Dakota average $43
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $475

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 Griggs County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Griggs County?

Griggs County averages a high of 78.8°F in July and a low of -3.1°F in January. Annual precipitation is 22 inches, including 42.2 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Griggs County?

The wettest stretch is Jun, Jul, Aug, which accounts for 47% 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 Griggs County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 78.8°F. That drives 307 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Griggs County?

Yes. Griggs County averages 42.2 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station COOPERSTOWN, ND US (USC00321766), 9.7 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.