All-time weather records — Alexander, ND

Record high
111.9°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
January 11, 1912
Wettest day
50.98 in
August 29, 1951

Climate change signal in Alexander

7.4%

of Alexander's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (27 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 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 #
1910s
4
30
1920s
26
57
1930s
89
50
1940s
45
43
1950s
36
39
1960s
31
30
1970s
19
43
1990s
31
39
2000s
39
22
2010s
34
3
2020s
12
10

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 1912, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1912-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -45.0°F — Jan 11, 1912 0.66 in — Jan 25, 2004
February 64.0°F — Feb 23, 2002 -44.0°F — Feb 8, 2019 0.81 in — Feb 28, 1951
March 81.0°F — Mar 27, 1946 -29.9°F — Mar 10, 1948 1.15 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1952 -13.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.75 in — Apr 15, 2022
May 102.9°F — May 29, 1934 12.0°F — May 1, 1954 3.35 in — May 25, 1965
June 109.9°F — Jun 16, 1931 19.0°F — Jun 21, 1917 3.05 in — Jun 9, 1975
July 111.9°F — Jul 6, 1936 32.0°F — Jul 6, 1934 3.30 in — Jul 1, 1952
August 111.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 28.9°F — Aug 30, 1924 50.98 in — Aug 29, 1951
September 102.9°F — Sep 3, 1940 10.0°F — Sep 24, 1926 2.63 in — Sep 5, 1971
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1953 -7.1°F — Oct 26, 1919 1.63 in — Oct 12, 2013
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -22.0°F — Nov 29, 1964 1.82 in — Nov 2, 2000
December 66.0°F — Dec 3, 1941 -36.0°F — Dec 6, 1972 1.23 in — Dec 26, 2016

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