All-time weather records — Balfour, ND

Record high
111.0°F
July 6, 1988
Record low
-38.9°F
February 6, 1936
Wettest day
10.00 in
March 24, 2009

Climate change signal in Balfour

3.3%

of Balfour's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (12 of 366 records since 2015).

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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 #
1920s
9
37
1930s
48
67
1940s
22
45
1950s
31
40
1960s
47
42
1970s
30
23
1980s
65
32
1990s
46
35
2000s
38
33
2010s
30
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 1925, the latest in 2017. Period of observation: 1925-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 6, 2012 -36.0°F — Jan 9, 1930 2.00 in — Jan 3, 2011
February 64.0°F — Feb 26, 1958 -38.9°F — Feb 6, 1936 6.00 in — Feb 13, 2010
March 78.1°F — Mar 19, 2012 -31.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 10.00 in — Mar 24, 2009
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -9.0°F — Apr 6, 1936 1.78 in — Apr 18, 1986
May 102.9°F — May 30, 1934 10.9°F — May 5, 1929 3.00 in — May 19, 2013
June 105.1°F — Jun 30, 2002 27.0°F — Jun 2, 1946 4.00 in — Jun 14, 2000
July 111.0°F — Jul 6, 1988 15.1°F — Jul 10, 1971 5.17 in — Jul 15, 2004
August 104.0°F — Aug 6, 1964 30.0°F — Aug 20, 2004 3.10 in — Aug 26, 1942
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1978 12.9°F — Sep 26, 1927 5.20 in — Sep 13, 2004
October 95.0°F — Oct 5, 1963 -2.0°F — Oct 22, 1936 5.10 in — Oct 7, 2011
November 75.9°F — Nov 1, 1999 -22.0°F — Nov 26, 1985 4.00 in — Nov 3, 2003
December 66.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -36.0°F — Dec 23, 1983 10.00 in — Dec 10, 2010

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