List of Minnesota weather records
The following is a list of Minnesota weather records
Twin Cities and by the late 19th century and early 20th century most statewide stations that exist today were in operation.[1][2]
Temperature
Overall
Event[3] | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Highest Temperature | 115 °F (46.1 °C) | July 29, 1917 | Beardsley |
Lowest Temperature | −60 °F (−51.1 °C) | February 2, 1996 | Tower |
Largest single-day change | 72 °F (40 °C) | February 2, 1970 | Nett Lake[4] |
By month
Event[1] | Measurement | Date | Location |
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January | |||
Highest Temperature | 69 °F (20.6 °C) | January 24, 1981 | Montevideo |
Lowest Temperature | −57 °F (−49.4 °C) | January 20, 1869 | Embarrass |
February | |||
Highest Temperature | 76 °F (24.4 °C) | February 26, 1896 | Pleasant Mound |
Lowest Temperature | −60 °F (−51.1 °C) | February 2, 1996 | Tower |
March | |||
Highest Temperature | 88 °F (31.1 °C) | March 23, 1910 | Montevideo |
Lowest Temperature | −50 °F (−45.6 °C) | March 2, 1897 | Pine City |
April | |||
Highest Temperature | 101 °F (38.3 °C) | April 22, 1980 | Hawley |
Lowest Temperature | −22 °F (−30 °C) | April 6, 1979 | Karlstad |
May | |||
Highest Temperature | 112 °F (44.4 °C) | May 31, 1934 | Maple Plain |
Lowest Temperature | 4 °F (−15.6 °C) | May 1, 1909 May 2, 1909 |
Pine River |
June | |||
Highest Temperature | 110 °F (43.3 °C) | June 29, 1931 | Canby |
Lowest Temperature | 15 °F (−9.4 °C) | June 1, 1964 | Bigfork |
July | |||
Highest Temperature | 115 °F (46.1 °C) | July 29, 1917 | Beardsley |
Lowest Temperature | 24 °F (−4.4 °C) | July 7, 1997 | Tower |
August | |||
Highest Temperature | 110 °F (43.3 °C) | August 10, 1947 August 1, 1988 |
Beardsley Montevideo |
Lowest Temperature | 21 °F (−6.1 °C) | August 28, 1996 August 2, 2002 |
Tower Kelliher |
September | |||
Highest Temperature | 111 °F (43.9 °C) | September 11, 1931 | Beardsley |
Lowest Temperature | 10 °F (−12.2 °C) | September 30, 1930 September 22, 1974 |
Big Falls Thorhult |
October | |||
Highest Temperature | 98 °F (36.7 °C) | October 5, 1963 | Beardsley |
Lowest Temperature | −16 °F (−26.7 °C) | October 26, 1936 | Roseau |
November | |||
Highest Temperature | 84 °F (28.9 °C) | November 1, 1950 | Winona |
Lowest Temperature | −47 °F (−43.9 °C) | November 25, 1945 | Pine City |
December | |||
Highest Temperature | 74 °F (23.3 °C) | December 9, 1939 | Wheaton |
Lowest Temperature | −57 °F (−49.4 °C) | December 31, 1898 | Pine City |
Precipitation
Event[3] | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Most yearly precip (one location) |
60.21 inches (1,529 mm) | 2018 | Harmony |
Least yearly precip (one location) | 6.37 inches (162 mm) | 1976 | Ortonville |
Most yearly precip (State average) |
33.92 inches (862 mm)[5] | 1977 | Statewide |
Longest dry spell | 79 days | November 9, 1943 - January 26, 1944 |
Beardsley, Canby, Marshall, Dawson |
Rain
Event | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Most rain in 24 hours[6] | 15.10 inches (384 mm) | August 18–19, 2007 | Hokah |
Most rain in one month[7] | 23.86 inches (606 mm) | August 2007 | Hokah |
Snow
Event[3] | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Earliest recorded snow[1] | Trace | August 31, 1949 | Duluth |
Earliest measurable snow | 0.3 inch (1 cm) | September 14, 1964 | International Falls |
Latest recorded snow | 1.5 inches (4 cm) | June 4, 1935 | Mizpah |
Most snow, 24 hours | 36 inches (91 cm) | January 7, 1994 | Lake County |
Most snow, one storm | 47 inches (119 cm) | January 6–8, 1994 | Lake County |
Most snow, one month[8] | 66 inches (168 cm) | March, 1965 | Collegeville |
Most snow, season | 170 inches (432 cm) | 1949 – 1950 | Grand Portage State Park |
Deepest snowpack[8] | 75 inches (191 cm) | March 28, 1950 | Pigeon River Bridge
|
Most fatalities, winter storm[9] | up to 200 | January 12–13, 1888 | Statewide |
Tornadoes
Event[10] | Date | Location | |
---|---|---|---|
Most in one day | 48[11] | June 17, 2010 | Statewide |
Most in one month | 71 | June 2010 | Statewide |
Most in one year | 113 | 2010 | Statewide |
Earliest in season[12] | March 6, 2017 | Faribault County
| |
Earliest outbreak in season (2 or more)[13] | 3 | March 6, 2017 | Sherburne, Faribault, and Freeborn counties |
Latest in season | December 15, 2021 | Eyota | |
Latest outbreak in season (2 or more)[14] | 22 | December 15, 2021 | Dodge, Fairbault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona counties |
Most fatalities, single tornado | 72 | April 14, 1886 | St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Rice |
Most intense damage measured[15] | F5 | June 13, 1968 June 16, 1992 |
Tracy Chandler |
Longest track (broken path)[16] |
110 miles (177 km) | August 26, 1977 | Otter Tail, Wadena, Cass, Crow Wing counties |
Longest track (continuous path)[16] |
67 miles (108 km) | March 29, 1998 | Murray, Cottonwood, Brown, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Nicollet counties |
Biggest outbreak | 48 | June 2010 Northern Plains tornado outbreak | Statewide |
Hail
Event | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Largest hailstone | 6 inches (15 cm) dia. | July 4, 1968 July 28, 1986 |
Edgerton[17] Reading[18] |
Flooding
Record flood stages for selected cities in Minnesota
Event | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Middle Fork, Whitewater River | |||
Highest flood stage[20] | 19.24 ft |
August 19, 2007 | Whitewater State Park |
Root River | |||
Highest flood stage[20] | 18.75 ft | August 19, 2007 | Houston |
Red River of the North | |||
Highest flood stage[21] | 40.82 ft | March 28, 2009 | Moorhead |
Highest flood stage[22] | 54.35 ft | April 22, 1997 | East Grand Forks |
Minnesota River | |||
Highest flood stage[23] | 23.90 ft | April 6, 1997 | Montevideo |
Highest flood stage[24] | 35.07 ft | April 12, 1965 | Jordan |
Mississippi River | |||
Highest flood stage[25] | 26.01 ft | April 16, 1965 | St. Paul
|
Highest flood stage[26] | 20.77 ft | April 19, 1965 | Winona |
Other records
Event | Measurement | Date | Location |
---|---|---|---|
Highest Pressure[3] | 31.11 inHg (1053.5 mb) | January 21, 1922 | Collegeville |
Lowest Pressure[27] | 28.21 inHg (956 mb)[28] | October 26, 2010 | Bigfork |
Highest dew point |
88 °F (31 °C) | July 18, 2011 July 19, 2011 |
Madison Moorhead |
Highest heat index | 134 °F (57 °C) | July 19, 2011 | Moorhead |
Lowest wind chill (estimated)[3] | −100 °F (−73 °C) (old formula) −77 °F (−61 °C) (new formula) |
January 9–10, 1982 – January 29, 2019 |
Thief River Falls |
Highest wind (sustained)[29] | 121 mph (194 km/h) | September 1, 2011 | Donaldson |
Highest wind (gust)[1] | 180 mph (290 km/h) | August 20, 1904 | St. Paul
|
See also
- General
- Large-scale events that affected Minnesota
- 2007 Midwest flooding
- Mid-June 1992 Tornado Outbreak
- 1968 Tracy tornado
- 1991 Halloween blizzard
- Great Storm of 1975
- 1936 North American heat wave
- 1997 Red River Flood
- Armistice Day Blizzard
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- ^ "Warm and Wet 2010". climate.umn.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-01-09.
- ^ "New 24-hour precipitation record established in Minnesota". National Weather Service. August 23, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ "Monthly Minnesota Rainfall Record Broken". Minnesota Climatology Office. October 18, 2007. Archived from the original on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
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- ^ 2010 data [dead link]
- ^ "IEM :: PNS from NWS MPX".
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- ^ "F5 Tornadoes of the United States". Storm Prediction Center.
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