St. Cloud (Benton County), MN Climate

St. Cloud (Benton County), MN enjoys a temperate climate throughout the year, with hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters. During the summer months, high temperatures average in the mid 70s to low 80s while nighttime lows generally remain in the mid 50s to low 60s. Winters are cold and snowy with average highs ranging from the mid 20s to mid 30s and lows that drop into the single digits at night. The area receives an average of 28 inches of precipitation per year, including an average of 54 inches of snowfall annually.

Climate	St. Cloud (Benton County), Minnesota	United States
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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.