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Has the climate in Inver Grove Heights changed?

Inver Grove Heights has warmed about 1.8°F since 1997.

About 0.6°F per decade, measured from Inver Grove Heights's official daily weather records, 1997–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Inver Grove Heights's warming is broadly in line with other cities in United States — neither unusually fast nor unusually slow.

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
4 more nights
1970s
143 / yr
Recent
147 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
+1.2°F
1970s
46.5°F
Recent
47.8°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
4 more days
1970s
10 / yr
Recent
14 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
6 more days
1970s
89 / yr
Recent
95 / yr
Wetter on average

Inver Grove Heights's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1997 to 2025.

39°41°43°45°47°49°51°1997: 45.0°F1998: 49.4°F1999: 48.1°F2000: 47.8°F2001: 40.8°F2002: 46.4°F2003: 46.3°F2004: 46.9°F2005: 48.2°F2006: 49.4°F2007: 47.9°F2008: 45.9°F2009: 45.8°F2010: 48.3°F2011: 47.0°F2012: 50.6°F2013: 44.8°F2014: 43.1°F2015: 47.9°F2016: 48.9°F2017: 47.6°F2018: 45.6°F2019: 44.4°F2020: 47.9°F2021: 49.9°F2022: 46.1°F2023: 49.7°F2024: 50.8°F2025: 48.0°Flong-term trend19972000201020202025
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 20 more freezing nights a year and about 3 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.

-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°January: +0.9°F+0.9JFebruary: -7.3°F-7.3FMarch: -1.9°F-1.9MApril: -2.9°F-2.9AMay: -3.3°F-3.3MJune: +1.3°F+1.3JJuly: +1.0°F+1.0JAugust: +0.2°F+0.2ASeptember: +0.3°F+0.3SOctober: -1.7°F-1.7ONovember: +1.6°F+1.6NDecember: +1.7°F+1.7D

February has cooled the most — about 7.3°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 ST Paul Dwtn AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00014927), about 9 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →