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United States › North Dakota › Sheridan County › Climate Station MC CLUSKY, ND US Distance 8.6 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Sheridan County home comfortable runs roughly $502 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Sheridan County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

85.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 3.0°F.

Sheridan County gets 18.17" of precipitation a year and 45" of snow, and 46% 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 23.0° 3.0° 0.49" 7.8"
February 27.3° 6.3° 0.45" 5.6"
March 40.4° 18.0° 0.67" 5.9"
April 57.0° 31.7° 1.23" 4.4"
May 70.6° 44.0° 2.48" 0.4"
June 79.4° 54.4° 3.36" 0.0"
July 85.3° 59.4° 2.53" 0.0"
August 85.2° 57.1° 2.30" 0.0"
September 75.3° 47.8° 1.91" 0.0"
October 58.3° 34.4° 1.39" 2.8"
November 40.4° 20.4° 0.69" 8.8"
December 27.2° 8.5° 0.67" 9.3"

Rainfall by month

Sheridan County has a distinct wet season. 46% of the year's precipitation arrives in May, Jun, Jul.

January 0.49"
February 0.45"
March 0.67"
April 1.23"
May 2.48"
June 3.36"
July 2.53"
August 2.30"
September 1.91"
October 1.39"
November 0.69"
December 0.67"
Annual total 18.17"

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 655
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 8,291
Approximate annual cooling cost At 14.12¢/kWh, North Dakota average $92
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $410

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 Sheridan County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Sheridan County?

Sheridan County averages a high of 85.3°F in July and a low of 3.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 18.17 inches, including 45 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Sheridan County?

The wettest stretch is May, Jun, Jul, which accounts for 46% 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 Sheridan County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 85.3°F. That drives 655 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Sheridan County?

Yes. Sheridan County averages 45 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station MC CLUSKY, ND US (USC00325710), 8.6 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.