All-time weather records — Bena, MN

Record high
104.0°F
July 11, 1936
Record low
-59.1°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
7.02 in
July 10, 1954

Climate change signal in Bena

6%

of Bena's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 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 #
1890s
8
64
1900s
29
54
1910s
19
49
1920s
28
44
1930s
59
46
1940s
22
19
1950s
26
17
1960s
25
19
1970s
25
17
1980s
42
9
1990s
29
14
2000s
20
7
2010s
22
5
2020s
12
2

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 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 19, 1900 -52.1°F — Jan 30, 1899 0.96 in — Jan 9, 1939
February 61.0°F — Feb 26, 1958 -59.1°F — Feb 9, 1899 1.03 in — Feb 1, 1893
March 81.0°F — Mar 28, 1946 -47.9°F — Mar 15, 1897 2.50 in — Mar 25, 1901
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 -20.0°F — Apr 21, 1907 2.00 in — Apr 29, 1940
May 102.0°F — May 31, 1934 12.0°F — May 3, 1907 2.65 in — May 23, 1962
June 98.1°F — Jun 29, 1931 24.1°F — Jun 1, 1897 3.27 in — Jun 20, 2012
July 104.0°F — Jul 11, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 4, 1932 7.02 in — Jul 10, 1954
August 100.0°F — Aug 19, 1976 24.1°F — Aug 15, 2000 4.34 in — Aug 26, 1942
September 100.9°F — Sep 8, 1931 6.1°F — Sep 6, 1996 3.22 in — Sep 10, 1951
October 90.0°F — Oct 12, 2015 1.0°F — Oct 23, 1936 3.33 in — Oct 5, 1969
November 72.0°F — Nov 3, 1903 -36.9°F — Nov 30, 1896 2.02 in — Nov 12, 1940
December 57.9°F — Dec 1, 1962 -51.0°F — Dec 31, 1898 0.85 in — Dec 13, 1968

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