All-time weather records — Balaton, MN

Record high
108.0°F
July 27, 1930
Record low
-68.1°F
July 13, 1955
Wettest day
50.00 in
April 22, 1983

Climate change signal in Balaton

8.7%

of Balaton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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
18
39
1920s
32
33
1930s
86
41
1940s
27
25
1950s
50
40
1960s
25
54
1970s
13
46
1980s
25
31
1990s
15
22
2000s
30
11
2010s
17
19
2020s
28
5

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 2026. Period of observation: 1912-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 25, 1981 -33.0°F — Jan 13, 1916 2.20 in — Jan 21, 1917
February 64.9°F — Feb 4, 2005 -29.9°F — Feb 2, 1917 5.00 in — Feb 14, 2003
March 82.9°F — Mar 23, 1939 -20.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.54 in — Mar 31, 2006
April 93.9°F — Apr 25, 1962 1.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 50.00 in — Apr 22, 1983
May 107.1°F — May 30, 1934 18.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.50 in — May 29, 2004
June 105.1°F — Jun 28, 1931 33.1°F — Jun 3, 1946 4.30 in — Jun 17, 1996
July 108.0°F — Jul 27, 1930 -68.1°F — Jul 13, 1955 5.60 in — Jul 3, 2018
August 105.1°F — Aug 24, 1936 36.0°F — Aug 20, 1950 3.93 in — Aug 10, 1994
September 105.1°F — Sep 10, 1931 18.0°F — Sep 25, 2000 4.83 in — Sep 23, 2010
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 1953 1.9°F — Oct 29, 1925 3.80 in — Oct 31, 1979
November 79.0°F — Nov 14, 1999 -16.1°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.38 in — Nov 20, 1975
December 69.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -29.9°F — Dec 19, 1983 2.20 in — Dec 28, 1959

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