Is this weather normal in Wells County?

North Dakota · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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Wells County has warmed the least of North Dakota's 53 counties since 1970 (0.3° per decade). September 2026 averaged 61.0° there, 3.6° above the usual for September (11th warmest of 132).

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 45°, lows near 25°

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

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The last 12 months

Oct: +4.5°OctNov: +4.7°NovDec: -1.9°DecJan 2026: +1.3°JanFeb: +10.0°FebMar: +3.0°MarApr: -2.4°AprMay: +0.6°MayJun: +0.3°JunJul: +4.9°JulAug: -0.1°AugSep: +3.6°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: +1.6 inOctNov: -0.2 inNovDec: -0.2 inDecJan 2026: -0.4 inJanFeb: -0.1 inFebMar: -0.4 inMarApr: -0.3 inAprMay: -1.3 inMayJun: -0.2 inJunJul: -1.9 inJulAug: -0.6 inAugSep: +1.4 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 Wells County

MonthUsual high / lowUsual rainWarmestColdest
January18° / -1°0.4 in25.6° 2006-13.3° 1950
February22° / 3°0.4 in27.2° 1954-16.4° 1936
March35° / 16°0.6 in39.8° 19104.9° 1899
April52° / 28°1.1 in50.5° 198727.9° 2013
May66° / 41°2.6 in63.4° 197744.8° 1924
June75° / 52°3.5 in73.6° 198855.9° 1915
July81° / 56°3.1 in79.8° 193662.0° 1992
August80° / 54°2.2 in73.7° 198360.0° 2004
September70° / 44°1.9 in63.7° 189744.3° 1965
October54° / 32°1.4 in55.0° 196331.6° 1925
November36° / 18°0.6 in39.2° 20164.1° 1896
December22° / 5°0.6 in25.3° 2023-4.1° 1927

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

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