Detroit Lakes, MN · 32°F
How much snow does Detroit Lakes, Minnesota get?
Zero flakes. Zero chill.
Clear skies now. No snow in the next 5 days.
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Snow in the next 5 days
- Satclouds38° / 26°
- Sunclear skies45° / 22°
- Monclouds50° / 28°
- Tueclouds51° / 40°
- Wedclouds54° / 42°
Detroit Lakes stays snow-free for 5 days. Winter’s still deciding if it’s worth the trip.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
A typical winter
- Snow a year
- 48 in
- Days with 1 in or more
- 16
- Winter high
- 21°F
- Winter low
- 1°F
- First freeze
- Sep 24
- Last freeze
- May 15
- Nights at 32°F or below
- 177
- Dec, Jan, Feb snow
- 11.0, 8.3, 9.4 in
December is usually the snowiest of the three winter months here, with about 11 inches.
The first fall freeze usually comes around Sep 24 and the last spring one around May 15, which leaves about 132 days without a freeze.
A typical winter day runs from about 1°F to 21°F, and the low gets down to 32°F or colder on about 177 nights a year.
Towns with about the same snow
- Choteau, MT: about 48 inches of snow a year
- Wallowa, OR: about 48 inches of snow a year
- Langdon, ND: about 47 inches of snow a year
More towns in Minnesota
- Cloquet: about 71 inches of snow a year
- Two Harbors: about 61 inches of snow a year
- Grand Rapids: about 60 inches of snow a year
- Mora: about 52 inches of snow a year
- Milan: about 51 inches of snow a year
More about the weather around here
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, co-op station USC00212142 at Detroit Lakes. Winter means December to February, and the freeze dates are the median dates of the first and last 32°F night.