All-time weather records — Apple Valley, MN

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-38.0°F
January 9, 1977
Wettest day
30.00 in
June 23, 1982

Climate change signal in Apple Valley

18.6%

of Apple Valley's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (68 of 366 records since 2015).

4.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (16 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 #
1950s
28
74
1960s
48
97
1970s
34
82
1980s
78
53
1990s
44
28
2000s
35
7
2010s
52
18
2020s
47
7

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 1952, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1950-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 9, 1977 1.44 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 77.0°F — Feb 6, 1983 -36.9°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.55 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 29, 1986 -34.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.51 in — Mar 24, 1996
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 3.9°F — Apr 3, 1954 3.45 in — Apr 27, 1975
May 100.0°F — May 29, 2018 19.0°F — May 5, 1989 2.71 in — May 22, 2024
June 100.9°F — Jun 8, 2011 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 30.00 in — Jun 23, 1982
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1988 41.0°F — Jul 1, 1969 5.80 in — Jul 24, 1987
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1988 37.0°F — Aug 14, 1964 4.16 in — Aug 27, 1978
September 97.0°F — Sep 5, 2023 24.1°F — Sep 22, 1974 4.35 in — Sep 16, 1992
October 91.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 9.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 3.40 in — Oct 17, 1996
November 77.0°F — Nov 8, 1999 -18.0°F — Nov 14, 1986 2.06 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 66.0°F — Dec 1, 1998 -31.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 1.42 in — Dec 10, 2025

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