All-time weather records — Aitkin, MN

Record high
100.0°F
August 18, 1976
Record low
-47.0°F
January 15, 1972
Wettest day
5.29 in
July 18, 1952

Climate change signal in Aitkin

11.2%

of Aitkin's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (41 of 366 records since 2015).

6.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (24 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
·
·
1950s
8
12
1960s
75
91
1970s
62
82
1980s
49
52
1990s
55
58
2000s
45
32
2010s
53
23
2020s
19
16

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1958, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1940-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -47.0°F — Jan 15, 1972 1.00 in — Jan 5, 1997
February 57.0°F — Feb 22, 1961 -43.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 2.00 in — Feb 20, 2018
March 77.0°F — Mar 20, 2012 -36.9°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.80 in — Mar 24, 2009
April 90.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -0.9°F — Apr 4, 1995 2.74 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 93.0°F — May 1, 1959 18.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.09 in — May 31, 1959
June 97.0°F — Jun 5, 2021 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 4.40 in — Jun 20, 2012
July 98.1°F — Jul 27, 1988 37.0°F — Jul 4, 1972 5.29 in — Jul 18, 1952
August 100.0°F — Aug 18, 1976 33.1°F — Aug 24, 1977 4.35 in — Aug 30, 1941
September 98.1°F — Sep 7, 1976 19.0°F — Sep 26, 1965 4.07 in — Sep 3, 1980
October 86.0°F — Oct 3, 1971 9.0°F — Oct 27, 1976 2.94 in — Oct 10, 1973
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 2020 -22.0°F — Nov 28, 1976 1.84 in — Nov 1, 1974
December 60.1°F — Dec 1, 1962 -42.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.50 in — Dec 16, 2021

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