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United States / Minnesota / Duluth Metro Area / St. Louis County / Great Scott / Zip Codes
Great Scott, Minnesota enjoys a beautiful climate with four distinct seasons. Spring brings warm temperatures with rainfall and blooming flowers, while summer is sunny and humid. Autumn brings cooler temperatures and colorful foliage, while winter is cold and snowy. There are plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation throughout the year in this part of the state, including hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, and more. All in all, Great Scott has a wonderful climate that allows residents to enjoy the outdoors and all the natural beauty it has to offer.

Great Scott, Minnesota gets 28 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Great Scott averages 61 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 179 sunny days per year in Great Scott. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Great Scott gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 119 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 77 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is -5
Rain: averages 28 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 61 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Great Scott is 5.8 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Minnesota.

8.8 Summer - 2.8 Winter
July, August and June are the most pleasant months in Great Scott, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateGreat Scott, MinnesotaUnited States
  27.5 in.38.1 in.
  61.3 in.27.8 in.
  119.0 days106.2 days
  179 days205 days
  76.8°85.8°
  -5.4°21.7°
  5.87
  3.24.3
  1564 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Great Scott with an average high temperature of 76.8°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Minnesota. In Great Scott, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Great Scott are July, August and June.
In Great Scott, there are 1.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Minnesota.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Great Scott with an average of -5.4°. This is one of the coldest places in Minnesota.
In Great Scott, there are 202.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Minnesota.
In Great Scott, there are 55.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Minnesota.
Humidity in Great Scott is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Great Scott with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 0.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 42% of yearly precipitation and 8% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 27.5 inches in Great Scott means that it is drier than most places in Minnesota.
June is the rainiest month in Great Scott with 13.3 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 6.4 rainy days. There are 119.0 rainy days annually in Great Scott, which is one of the rainiest places in Minnesota. The rainiest season is Autumn when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 61.3 inches in Great Scott means that it is one of the snowiest places in Minnesota. January is the snowiest month in Great Scott with 14.1 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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