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United States › North Dakota › McHenry County › Climate Station MINOT INTL AP, ND US Distance 29.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median McHenry County home comfortable runs roughly $492 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

McHenry County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

83.8°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 4.4°F.

McHenry County gets 16.71" of precipitation a year and 45.1" of snow, 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.

20° 40° 60° 80° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 23.3° 4.4° 0.28" 9.8"
February 27.0° 7.7° 0.29" 5.4"
March 39.5° 19.0° 0.51" 6.1"
April 55.8° 31.2° 1.00" 4.5"
May 68.9° 43.3° 2.73" 0.7"
June 77.5° 53.6° 3.73" 0.0"
July 83.8° 58.5° 2.50" 0.0"
August 83.7° 56.4° 2.08" 0.0"
September 73.1° 47.1° 1.57" 0.1"
October 56.8° 34.3° 1.15" 1.2"
November 39.7° 20.6° 0.56" 9.2"
December 27.2° 9.3° 0.31" 8.1"

Rainfall by month

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

January 0.28"
February 0.29"
March 0.51"
April 1.00"
May 2.73"
June 3.73"
July 2.50"
August 2.08"
September 1.57"
October 1.15"
November 0.56"
December 0.31"
Annual total 16.71"

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 552
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,382
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, North Dakota average $78
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $414

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 McHenry County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in McHenry County?

McHenry County averages a high of 83.8°F in July and a low of 4.4°F in January. Annual precipitation is 16.71 inches, including 45.1 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in McHenry 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 McHenry County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 83.8°F. That drives 552 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in McHenry County?

Yes. McHenry County averages 45.1 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MINOT INTL AP, ND US (USW00024013), 29.5 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.