Climax is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States.

It is part of the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.14 square miles (2.95 km2), all land.

39.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 5.1% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.3% of those 65 or over.

[7] The town's name has been a source of humor, and the slogan selected for the centennial was "Climax.

"[8] Less well attested is the assertion that some unnamed local newspaper, reporting the death of a resident of nearby Fertile, Minnesota, ran a report of her death under the headline Fertile Woman dies in Climax.