Climate in Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove shares Minnesota's humid, four-season climate and the state's real, statewide tornado and hail risk profile, plus a genuine, direct Mississippi River frontage of its own.
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Learn moreA humid, four-season southeastern Twin Cities climate
Cottage Grove's location at the southernmost tip of Washington County shares the humid, four-season climate documented across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro -- warm, humid summers and genuinely cold winters.
Minnesota's real, statewide tornado and hail risk
Minnesota carries a real, documented tornado climatology (a 2010 state record of 144 tornadoes) and a genuine top-hail-loss-state standing nationally -- both directly relevant to Cottage Grove as they are statewide (see minnesota.js).
A real, direct Mississippi River frontage
Cottage Grove sits directly on the Mississippi River -- 3M's own campus alone spans 1,700-plus riverfront acres -- a genuine, place-specific flood-risk consideration for river-adjacent properties.
Key takeaways
- Cottage Grove shares Minnesota's humid, four-season climate.
- Minnesota's real, statewide tornado and top-hail-loss-state risk applies directly to Cottage Grove.
- Cottage Grove carries a real, direct Mississippi River frontage at the southernmost tip of Washington County.
- Confirm current, address-specific FEMA flood-zone status directly given this riverfront geography.
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