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Best Time for Minnesota North Shore: Duluth to Grand Portage

Last updated: 2026-09-23

Preferred months for this journey: June, July, August, September. Check the seasonal notes before choosing your dates.

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	❄