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Best Time for Minnesota's North Shore
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Sweet spot: May, July, August. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- Superior warms just enough for the brave, waterfall state parks line the shore road, and the Gunflint Trail leads into moose-and-loon canoe country.
- Peak color over the big lake — Split Rock Lighthouse against maple red is the state's calendar shot — with gales-of-November drama arriving on schedule.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −15.4°C | −7.6°C | 27 mm | 8.6 h | ❄ |
| February | −14.8°C | −6.6°C | 25 mm | 9.9 h | ❄ |
| March | −7.8°C | 0.1°C | 36 mm | 11.6 h | ❄ |
| April | −1.5°C | 7.0°C | 65 mm | 13.4 h | ❄ |
| May | 3.8°C | 13.0°C | 83 mm | 14.9 h | |
| June | 8.9°C | 17.9°C | 96 mm | 15.7 h | |
| July | 13.2°C | 22.3°C | 82 mm | 15.4 h | |
| August | 13.6°C | 22.3°C | 76 mm | 14.1 h | |
| September | 9.6°C | 18.0°C | 78 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 2.8°C | 9.7°C | 77 mm | 10.6 h | |
| November | −3.7°C | 2.4°C | 43 mm | 9.0 h | ❄ |
| December | −11.0°C | −4.4°C | 41 mm | 8.3 h | ❄ |