Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint Paul weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Saint Paul: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minneapolis (14 km away). In July its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Saint Paul, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Saint Paul ranks joint 406th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 301st of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Saint Paul is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 98 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Saint Paul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.1°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 25 | 6.0 | 9.29 h |
| February | -2.1°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 81 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 110 | 12.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 110 | 11.9 | 15.516 h |
| July, selected | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 89 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 98 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 86 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.7°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 68 | 8.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 49 | 6.7 | 9.610 h |
| December | -2.2°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 35 | 6.1 | 8.99 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Minneapolis in JulyUnited States · 14 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in JulyUnited States · 20 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in JulyUnited States · 27 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in JulyUnited States · 29 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in JulyUnited States · 114 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Duluth in JulyUnited States · 218 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Sioux Falls in JulyUnited States · 329 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Cedar Rapids in JulyUnited States · 347 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 100 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Saint Paul) is explained once on the Saint Paul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.