Is this weather normal in Otter Tail County?

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Otter Tail County just had its 7th-warmest September in 132 years, +4° against the usual. Otter Tail County's warmest year in 131 on record was 2024, at 45.5° on average.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 46°, lows near 28°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Otter Tail County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

Oct: +6.2°OctNov: +4.4°NovDec: -2.5°DecJan 2026: -1.5°JanFeb: +7.7°FebMar: +4.7°MarApr: -1.0°AprMay: -0.1°MayJun: +0.4°JunJul: +4.7°JulAug: +0.4°AugSep: +4.3°Sepwarmercooler

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

18952025

Rain and drought

Oct: -1.1 inOctNov: -0.3 inNovDec: +0.2 inDecJan 2026: -0.5 inJanFeb: -0.1 inFebMar: -0.4 inMarApr: +0.1 inAprMay: -2.1 inMayJun: +1.3 inJunJul: +0.0 inJulAug: +0.5 inAugSep: +1.5 inSepwetterdrier

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Otter Tail County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January18° / 0°0.7 in23.4° 2006-9.8° 1912
February23° / 3°0.7 in28.4° 2024-9.7° 1936
March36° / 18°1.1 in41.3° 201210.9° 1899
April53° / 31°2.0 in50.6° 198731.2° 1950
May67° / 44°3.3 in65.0° 197743.9° 1907
June76° / 54°4.4 in72.2° 193357.9° 1969
July80° / 59°4.1 in78.4° 193661.8° 1992
August78° / 56°3.1 in73.4° 194760.4° 2004
September70° / 48°2.9 in66.3° 202448.1° 1965
October54° / 35°2.5 in55.4° 196332.2° 1925
November37° / 21°1.0 in40.3° 200113.0° 1896
December24° / 7°0.8 in29.7° 2023-2.4° 1983

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Otter Tail County

Crime Radar: Fergus Falls, Pelican Rapids

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