Rochester, MN: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 70.6°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest summer since 2021, tied 15th warmest of 111 (with 2005, 1976, 1959 and 2 other years).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 70.6°F; Warmest since 2021; 15th warmest of 111
Precipitation: 14.08 in; Wettest since 2025; 32nd wettest of 108

A normal summer in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 69.1°F, between 66.4°F and 70.8°F in eight years of ten and 12.68 in of precipitation, between 9.93 in and 18.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Rochester, MN since 1887: 70.6°F in 2026; the highest is 73°F, in 1949.

Normal range, 66.4 to 70.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in Rochester, MN from 1886 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	70.6	15	80.1	55	61.1	4	14.08	32	0
2025	70	37	79.2	70	60.8	8	16.52	18	0
2024	69	59	78.9	77	59.2	30	19.54	5	0
2023	70	37	81.2	31	58.8	38	5.03	105	0
2022	69.5	51	79.4	67	59.7	24	15.82	21	0
2021	71.2	8	81.8	22	60.5	13	12.33	51	0
2020	70.7	13	81.5	25	59.8	23	12.75	44	0
2019	68.4	73	78.2	86	58.7	41	18.00	12	0
2018	70.1	31	79.7	62	60.5	13	12.48	47	0
2017	68.1	78	78.2	86	57.9	62	10.23	77	0
2016	70.1	31	79.6	64	60.6	10	16.58	16	0
2015	67.8	81	77.5	92	58.1	58	12.56	46	0
2014	68.9	62	78.3	84	59.6	26	14.86	24	0
2013	69.4	54	79	75	59.9	19	10.80	71	0
2012	72.4	2	83.3	12	61.6	1	8.46	97	0
2011	70.8	12	80.5	43	61	6	10.34	75	0
2010	70.9	11	80.2	50	61.6	1	16.49	19	0
2009	65.6	107	75.2	110	56.1	94	11.00	69	0
2008	69.3	55	79.6	64	58.9	37	12.28	53	0
2007	70.3	29	80.2	50	60.4	15	19.14	7	0
2006	70.7	13	80.3	48	61.2	3	12.60	45	0
2005	70.6	15	80.7	41	60.6	10	12.89	42	0
2004	65.3	108	74.8	111	55.8	98	16.56	17	0
2003	68.6	68	79	75	58.2	53	8.47	96	0
2002	69.7	47	79.2	70	60.2	16	17.84	13	0
2001	69.3	55	79.3	68	59.2	30	12.28	53	0
2000	67.7	86	76.7	99	58.7	41	23.34	1	0
1999	68.5	70	77.9	89	59.2	30	18.70	9	0
1998	67.5	87	76.5	104	58.6	45	13.27	36	0
1997	67.3	88	76.7	99	58	60	14.82	25	0
1996	66.5	100	76.2	107	56.9	81	11.30	68	0
1995	71.1	10	81.2	31	61	6	10.09	80	0
1994	66.9	97	76.8	98	57.1	79	13.32	35	0
1993	67	94	76.1	108	57.9	62	19.32	6	0
1992	63.9	110	74.6	112	53.3	109	6.60	103	0
1991	70.4	27	80.9	38	59.9	19	12.23	55	0
1990	68.8	65	78.7	81	59	34	22.86	2	0
1989	68.5	70	80	57	56.9	81	11.43	65	0
1988	72.2	4	85.2	2	59.2	30	5.52	104	0
1987	70.1	31	80.8	40	59.4	28	14.78	26	0
1986	67.1	91	77.3	96	56.9	81	14.21	31	0
1985	66.1	105	77.8	90	54.5	106	8.91	93	0
1984	68.1	78	78.8	79	57.4	72	9.01	91	0
1983	71.2	8	82.4	16	59.9	19	12.30	52	0
1982	67.8	81	78.3	84	57.2	77	10.27	76	0
1981	67.8	81	77.8	90	57.8	64	20.36	3	0
1980	70	37	81.2	31	58.8	38	12.17	56	0
1979	69.7	47	80.4	46	59	34	14.66	27	0
1978	68.1	78	78.9	77	57.3	73	19.87	4	0
1977	68.3	75	79.2	70	57.3	73	9.62	83	0
1976	70.6	15	84.1	6	57.1	79	4.84	106	0
1975	70.5	21	81.5	25	59.6	26	10.85	70	0
1974	68.4	73	80	57	56.8	87	10.67	72	0
1973	69.9	42	80.2	50	59.7	24	13.80	33	0
1972	67.2	90	78.1	88	56.3	91	9.21	90	0
1971	68.6	68	79.9	60	57.3	73	10.09	80	0
1970	69.1	58	80	57	58.2	53	9.33	86	0
1969	66.2	103	76.4	105	56	96	14.40	29	0
1968	66.7	99	77.1	97	56.2	93	13.20	37	0
1967	65.7	106	76.4	105	55	103	12.91	41	0
1966	68.5	70	79.2	70	57.8	64	9.76	82	0
1965	66.9	97	76.7	99	57.2	77	9.60	84	0
1964	68.9	62	80.9	38	56.9	81	4.33	107	0
1963	69	59	79.8	61	58.1	58	10.54	73	0
1962	67.1	91	77.4	95	56.9	81	12.92	40	0
1961	68.8	65	79.5	66	58	60	11.41	66	0
1960	67.8	81	78.8	79	56.9	81	8.94	92	0
1959	70.6	15	81.2	31	60	17	14.92	23	0
1958	65	109	76.7	99	53.2	110	9.30	87	0
1957	69.8	44	79.7	62	60	17	14.62	28	0
1956	69.8	44	81.3	28	58.4	49	12.34	50	0
1955	72.3	3	84	8	60.7	9	8.40	98	0
1954	70.1	31	81.2	31	59	34	11.39	67	0
1953	70	37	81.3	28	58.7	41	13.08	39	0
1952	69.3	55	80.3	48	58.2	53	16.80	15	0
1951	67	94	77.5	92	56.6	90	18.20	11	0
1950	67	94	79.1	74	54.9	104	9.37	85	0
1949	73	1	84.8	3	61.1	4	12.84	43	1
1948	70.5	21	82.5	14	58.4	49	11.78	59	0
1947	70.5	21	82.1	20	58.8	38	14.35	30	0
1946	68.3	75	80.5	43	56.1	94	8.86	94	0
1945	66.3	102	77.5	92	55.1	102	11.63	62	0
1944	69.5	51	80.6	42	58.5	46	9.26	89	0
1943	71.4	7	82.2	18	60.6	10	12.14	57	0
1942	68.3	75	79.3	68	57.3	73	18.90	8	0
1941	70.4	27	82.4	16	58.3	52	8.05	99	0
1940	69.6	49	80.5	43	58.5	46	11.70	60	3
1939	70	37	81.8	22	58.2	53	11.47	64	0
1938	69	59	80.2	50	57.7	68	18.23	10	0
1937	69.9	42	81.2	31	58.5	46	10.15	78	0
1936	71.9	5	85.5	1	58.2	53	7.75	100	0
1935	68.9	62	80.2	50	57.7	68	17.04	14	1
1934	70.5	21	84.1	6	56.8	87	10.47	74	0
1933	70.5	21	84.3	5	56.8	87	7.61	101	1
1932	70.6	15	83.4	11	57.8	64	7.33	102	0
1931	71.7	6	84.7	4	58.7	41			0
1930	69.8	44	83.8	9	55.8	98			0
1929	67.8	81	81.1	37	54.7	105	11.90	58	6
1920	67.3	88	80.1	55	54.5	106			0
1919	70.5	21	81.7	24	59.3	29	12.37	49	2
1918	68.8	65	81.3	28	56.3	91	11.69	61	7
1917	66.4	101	78.5	82	54.4	108	13.76	34	3
1916	70.3	29	82.2	18	58.4	49	9.28	88	0
1915	63.9	110	75.5	109	52.4	111	13.11	38	2
1914	70.1	31	82.5	14	57.7	68	16.24	20	0
1913	70.6	15	83.7	10	57.5	71	15.57	22	0
1912	67.1	91	78.5	82	55.8	98	10.12	79	0
1911			81.9	21			11.61	63	32
1910	69.5	51	83.2	13	55.9	97	3.78	108	4
1909	69.6	49	81.4	27	57.8	64	8.55	95	5
1908									15
1893									42
1892	66.2	103	76.6	103	55.8	98			0
1888									31
1887	70.1	31	80.4	46	59.9	19	12.38	48	1
1886									30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	73
2012	72.4
1955	72.3
1988	72.2
1936	71.9
1931	71.7
1943	71.4
2021	71.2
1983	71.2
1995	71.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	63.9
1915	63.9
1958	65
2004	65.3
2009	65.6
1967	65.7
1985	66.1
1969	66.2
1892	66.2
1945	66.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	23.34
1990	22.86
1981	20.36
1978	19.87
2024	19.54
1993	19.32
2007	19.14
1942	18.90
1999	18.70
1938	18.23

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	3.78
1964	4.33
1976	4.84
2023	5.03
1988	5.52
1992	6.60
1932	7.33
1933	7.61
1936	7.75
1941	8.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 27 July 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 19 June 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 31 July 2026

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Rochester, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought 14.08 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the wettest summer since 2025, 32nd wettest of 108.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Rochester, MN: 94°F on Monday 27 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of 47°F on Friday 19 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Rochester, MN: 2.35 in on Friday 31 July 2026.