All-time weather records — Alexandria, MN

Record high
104.0°F
August 7, 1983
Record low
-38.0°F
January 16, 1977
Wettest day
5.69 in
July 19, 1945

Climate change signal in Alexandria

21.3%

of Alexandria's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (78 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
47
64
1950s
30
89
1960s
31
77
1970s
35
46
1980s
54
21
1990s
36
25
2000s
32
24
2010s
47
8
2020s
54
12

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 1940, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1940-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 16, 1977 1.17 in — Jan 10, 1975
February 57.9°F — Feb 17, 1981 -34.1°F — Feb 1, 1951 0.84 in — Feb 27, 1948
March 78.1°F — Mar 29, 2021 -34.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.23 in — Mar 8, 2000
April 95.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -2.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.07 in — Apr 7, 2001
May 97.0°F — May 1, 1959 18.0°F — May 3, 1967 2.85 in — May 30, 2022
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 33.1°F — Jun 1, 1946 4.22 in — Jun 23, 2003
July 100.9°F — Jul 9, 1976 42.1°F — Jul 4, 1967 5.69 in — Jul 19, 1945
August 104.0°F — Aug 7, 1983 0.0°F — Aug 11, 1997 3.58 in — Aug 14, 2020
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 2023 21.0°F — Sep 28, 1942 3.19 in — Sep 3, 2005
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 2023 9.0°F — Oct 31, 1951 2.64 in — Oct 14, 1984
November 75.9°F — Nov 6, 2020 -18.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.11 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 57.9°F — Dec 3, 1962 -32.1°F — Dec 19, 1955 1.68 in — Dec 24, 2023

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