All-time weather records — Alden, MN

Record high
100.9°F
May 15, 2013
Record low
-32.1°F
January 2, 2010
Wettest day
7.63 in
September 25, 2005

Climate change signal in Alden

34.4%

of Alden's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (126 of 366 records since 2015).

27.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (102 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
·
·
1960s
1
1
1970s
7
41
1980s
6
3
1990s
71
82
2000s
99
95
2010s
94
95
2020s
88
49

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 1968, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1942-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 27, 2002 -32.1°F — Jan 2, 2010 1.24 in — Jan 4, 1949
February 71.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -31.0°F — Feb 1, 1996 1.54 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 2025 -22.0°F — Mar 3, 2019 1.77 in — Mar 5, 2025
April 90.0°F — Apr 16, 2002 1.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.34 in — Apr 6, 1999
May 100.9°F — May 15, 2013 24.1°F — May 3, 2011 4.52 in — May 18, 2000
June 99.0°F — Jun 8, 2011 34.0°F — Jun 6, 2009 4.30 in — Jun 13, 2001
July 100.0°F — Jul 12, 1995 45.0°F — Jul 19, 1970 6.00 in — Jul 23, 1968
August 98.1°F — Aug 31, 2012 37.9°F — Aug 21, 2004 6.70 in — Aug 10, 1948
September 97.0°F — Sep 4, 2023 27.0°F — Sep 29, 1999 7.63 in — Sep 25, 2005
October 93.0°F — Oct 4, 1997 10.9°F — Oct 27, 2020 4.25 in — Oct 26, 2016
November 80.1°F — Nov 9, 2006 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 1996 1.96 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 68.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -27.0°F — Dec 18, 2016 1.50 in — Dec 28, 1982

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Alden.