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Castries vs Minneapolis

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Comparing Castries change · Minneapolis change

Bottom line

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average; Castries is the wetter, with 48 in more rain a year, and Castries the sunnier.

Warmer Castries 35°F on the year

Wetter Castries 48 in more a year

Sunnier Castries 13 pp less cloud

Colder winters Minneapolis 69°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Castries and Minneapolis, in everyday terms.

Summers

Summers are nearly the same

Castries: Warm
Minneapolis: Warm

Winters

Castries has far milder winters

Castries: Stays warm
Minneapolis: Very cold

Rain & snow

Castries is much wetter

Castries: Very wet
Minneapolis: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Castries is sunnier

Castries: Fairly sunny
Minneapolis: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Castries is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Castries is the wetter — about 48 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Castries has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	80	80	80	82	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	81
Minneapolis	24	29	42	57	69	79	83	80	72	58	42	29
Difference	-56	-51	-39	-25	-14	-5	-1	-3	-12	-25	-40	-53

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Castries	80	80	80	82	83	83
Minneapolis	24	29	42	57	69	79
Difference	-56	-51	-39	-25	-14	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	83	84	84	83	83	81
Minneapolis	83	80	72	58	42	29
Difference	-1	-3	-12	-25	-40	-53

Avg low (°F) Castries runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	78	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	81	79
Minneapolis	9	13	25	37	49	59	64	62	53	40	27	15
Difference	-69	-65	-53	-42	-31	-22	-17	-20	-29	-42	-54	-65

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Castries	78	77	78	79	80	81
Minneapolis	9	13	25	37	49	59
Difference	-69	-65	-53	-42	-31	-22

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	81	82	82	82	81	79
Minneapolis	64	62	53	40	27	15
Difference	-17	-20	-29	-42	-54	-65

Precipitation (in) Castries runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	4.5	3	2.6	3.5	4.5	5.3	8.5	11.5	8.8	9.7	9.6	5.9
Minneapolis	0.5	0.5	1.4	2.6	4	4.6	4	4.1	3.1	2.5	1.3	0.7
Difference	-4	-2.5	-1.2	-1	-0.5	-0.6	-4.5	-7.4	-5.7	-7.2	-8.2	-5.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Castries	4.5	3	2.6	3.5	4.5	5.3
Minneapolis	0.5	0.5	1.4	2.6	4	4.6
Difference	-4	-2.5	-1.2	-1	-0.5	-0.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	8.5	11.5	8.8	9.7	9.6	5.9
Minneapolis	4	4.1	3.1	2.5	1.3	0.7
Difference	-4.5	-7.4	-5.7	-7.2	-8.2	-5.2

Cloud cover (%) Minneapolis runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	38	39	42	49	52	59	50	46	51	51	46	41
Minneapolis	62	61	67	64	65	61	49	52	52	62	64	66
Difference	+23	+22	+25	+15	+13	+2	—	+6	+1	+11	+18	+25

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Castries	38	39	42	49	52	59
Minneapolis	62	61	67	64	65	61
Difference	+23	+22	+25	+15	+13	+2

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	50	46	51	51	46	41
Minneapolis	49	52	52	62	64	66
Difference	—	+6	+1	+11	+18	+25

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	76	75	75	76	77	79	79	79	79	79	79	77
Minneapolis	90	87	78	71	71	73	72	71	70	73	80	88
Difference	+14	+13	+3	-5	-6	-5	-7	-8	-8	-6	+1	+11

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Castries	76	75	75	76	77	79
Minneapolis	90	87	78	71	71	73
Difference	+14	+13	+3	-5	-6	-5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Castries	79	79	79	79	79	77
Minneapolis	72	71	70	73	80	88
Difference	-7	-8	-8	-6	+1	+11

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Castries trends → · Minneapolis trends →

Both cities' Köppen climate types are projected to hold steady through 2099 (SSP2-4.5).

Methodology & sources

Castries

Temperature — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 10 years of daily observations at LE Lamentin, a weather station, about 66 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Minneapolis

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at ST Paul Dwtn AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014927), about 17 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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