Rice Lake, MN Climate

Rice Lake, MN has a typical continental climate with warm humid summers and cold winters. During the summer months, temperatures range from 65 - 85 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and drop to around 48 - 60 degrees Fahrenheit at night. Winters in Rice Lake are very cold with temperatures ranging from 17 - 32 degrees Fahrenheit during the day and as low as 0 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit during the night. Precipitation is moderate throughout the year with an average of 29 inches of rain annually and almost two feet of snow in the winter months.

Climate	Rice Lake, Minnesota	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.