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Has the climate in Chanhassen changed?

Chanhassen has warmed about 0.7°F since 1998.

About 0.2°F per decade, measured from Chanhassen's official daily weather records, 1998–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Chanhassen's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
5 more nights
1970s
143 / yr
Recent
148 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
about the same
1970s
47.5°F
Recent
47.5°F
Year-round temperature has barely moved
Hot days above 90°F
1 more day
1970s
14 / yr
Recent
15 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
20 fewer days
1970s
113 / yr
Recent
93 / yr
Drier on average

Chanhassen's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1998 to 2025.

42°44°46°48°50°52°1998: 49.1°F1999: 48.3°F2000: 46.2°F2001: 47.3°F2002: 46.9°F2003: 46.3°F2004: 46.5°F2005: 48.6°F2006: 48.4°F2007: 45.9°F2008: 44.5°F2009: 45.2°F2010: 47.7°F2011: 47.1°F2012: 50.8°F2013: 44.9°F2014: 43.4°F2015: 48.5°F2016: 49.9°F2017: 48.5°F2018: 45.9°F2019: 44.5°F2020: 47.6°F2021: 48.8°F2022: 45.6°F2023: 48.9°F2024: 50.7°F2025: 47.4°Flong-term trend19982000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 26 more freezing nights a year and about 4 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-8.5°-8.0°-7.5°-7.0°-6.5°-6.0°-5.5°-5.0°-4.5°-4.0°-3.5°-3.0°-2.5°-2.0°-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°+3.5°January: +0.9°F+0.9JFebruary: -8.5°F-8.5FMarch: -2.1°F-2.1MApril: -1.8°F-1.8AMay: -2.5°F-2.5MJune: +3.2°F+3.2JJuly: -0.3°F-0.3JAugust: -0.5°F-0.5ASeptember: -0.0°F-0.0SOctober: -2.0°F-2.0ONovember: +0.3°F+0.3NDecember: +0.5°F+0.5D

February has cooled the most — about 8.5°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Minneapolis Flying Cloud AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00094963), about 6 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →