United States · 1991–2020 normal

Detroit Lakes in
January.

Typical January weather in Detroit Lakes: -6.7°C by day, -17.8°C at night, 17 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.

Typical high-6.7°C
Typical low-17.8°C
Rain17 mm
Wet days4.2

Comfort score 5 this month (August leads the year at 79). Daylight is calculated as 8 h 55 from latitude 46.82°.

Event window

Frost-level nights in January

The measured night-time normal is -17.8°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.

The evidence behind this page

One month,
from the same station.

Place identity
GeoNames 5024237
NOAA station
USC00212142 · DETROIT LAKES 1 NNE
Station distance
2.3 km from the place centre
Coverage
Good coverage · 24 usable years
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.