Minnesota weather by city
VSWeather covers 149 cities and towns in Minnesota, from Minneapolis (population 426,845) down to Lake City (population 5,021). Worthington is the state's sunniest covered city at 202 sunny days a year. Hermantown is its snowiest at 87 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.
Minnesota climate standouts
The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.
Sunniest
- 1Worthington 202 sunny days
- 2Marshall 202 sunny days
- 3Redwood Falls 199 sunny days
- 4Fairmont 198 sunny days
- 5Montevideo 197 sunny days
- 6New Ulm 197 sunny days
- 7Glencoe 195 sunny days
- 8Hutchinson 194 sunny days
- 9Litchfield 194 sunny days
- 10Mankato 194 sunny days
Snowiest
- 1Hermantown 87 in of snow
- 2International Falls 73 in of snow
- 3Cloquet 71 in of snow
- 4Duluth 69 in of snow
- 5Virginia 65 in of snow
- 6Hibbing 61 in of snow
- 7Grand Rapids 59 in of snow
- 8Oak Grove 58 in of snow
- 9East Bethel 58 in of snow
- 10St. Francis 56 in of snow
Rainiest
- 1Virginia 132 wet days a year
- 2International Falls 132 wet days a year
- 3Hibbing 131 wet days a year
- 4Duluth 129 wet days a year
- 5Hermantown 129 wet days a year
- 6Grand Rapids 129 wet days a year
- 7Bemidji 127 wet days a year
- 8Cloquet 126 wet days a year
- 9Winona 124 wet days a year
- 10Rochester 123 wet days a year
Warmest
- 1Winona 48 °F average
- 2La Crescent 48 °F average
- 3Vadnais Heights 47 °F average
- 4Bloomington 47 °F average
- 5Richfield 47 °F average
- 6Little Canada 47 °F average
- 7Eden Prairie 47 °F average
- 8Edina 47 °F average
- 9Maplewood 47 °F average
- 10Savage 47 °F average
Popular Minnesota comparisons
The state's biggest cities, head to head.
All covered Minnesota cities and towns
Every place links to its full climate profile.
- Albert Lea
- Albertville
- Alexandria
- Andover
- Anoka
- Apple Valley
- Arden Hills
- Austin
- Baxter
- Belle Plaine
- Bemidji
- Big Lake
- Blaine
- Bloomington
- Brainerd
- Brooklyn Center
- Brooklyn Park
- Buffalo
- Burnsville
- Byron
- Cambridge
- Carver
- Champlin
- Chanhassen
- Chaska
- Chisago City
- Cloquet
- Columbia Heights
- Coon Rapids
- Corcoran
- Cottage Grove
- Credit River
- Crookston
- Crystal
- Dayton
- Delano
- Detroit Lakes
- Duluth
- Eagan
- East Bethel
- East Grand Forks
- Eden Prairie
- Edina
- Elk River
- Fairmont
- Falcon Heights
- Faribault
- Farmington
- Fergus Falls
- Forest Lake
- Fridley
- Glencoe
- Golden Valley
- Grand Rapids
- Ham Lake
- Hastings
- Hermantown
- Hibbing
- Hopkins
- Hugo
- Hutchinson
- International Falls
- Inver Grove Heights
- Isanti
- Jordan
- Kasson
- La Crescent
- Lake City
- Lake Elmo
- Lakeville
- Lino Lakes
- Litchfield
- Little Canada
- Little Falls
- Mahtomedi
- Mankato
- Maple Grove
- Maplewood
- Marshall
- Medina
- Mendota Heights
- Minneapolis
- Minnetonka
- Minnetrista
- Montevideo
- Monticello
- Moorhead
- Morris
- Mound
- Mounds View
- New Brighton
- New Hope
- New Prague
- New Ulm
- North Branch
- North Mankato
- North Oaks
- North St. Paul
- Northfield
- Oak Grove
- Oakdale
- Orono
- Otsego
- Owatonna
- Plymouth
- Prior Lake
- Ramsey
- Red Wing
- Redwood Falls
- Richfield
- Robbinsdale
- Rochester
- Rogers
- Rosemount
- Roseville
- Sartell
- Sauk Rapids
- Savage
- Shakopee
- Shoreview
- Shorewood
- South St. Paul
- Spring Lake Park
- St. Anthony
- St. Cloud
- St. Francis
- St. Joseph
- St. Louis Park
- St. Michael
- St. Paul
- St. Paul Park
- St. Peter
- Stewartville
- Stillwater
- Thief River Falls
- Vadnais Heights
- Victoria
- Virginia
- Waconia
- Waite Park
- Waseca
- West St. Paul
- White Bear Lake
- Willmar
- Winona
- Woodbury
- Worthington
- Wyoming
- Zimmerman
National rankings
See how Minnesota cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.
About this data
Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).