All-time weather records — Big Falls, MN

Record high
106.0°F
July 12, 1936
Record low
-53.0°F
February 8, 1933
Wettest day
5.10 in
June 2, 2014

Climate change signal in Big Falls

5.7%

of Big Falls's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1930s
64
110
1940s
48
40
1950s
46
64
1960s
29
41
1970s
40
32
1980s
45
38
1990s
36
21
2000s
17
7
2010s
23
10
2020s
18
3

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 1930, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 23, 1942 -52.1°F — Jan 23, 1936 1.10 in — Jan 24, 1950
February 62.1°F — Feb 26, 1958 -53.0°F — Feb 8, 1933 0.80 in — Feb 2, 1987
March 82.9°F — Mar 28, 1946 -42.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.48 in — Mar 4, 1966
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1952 -18.9°F — Apr 3, 1954 1.84 in — Apr 29, 1940
May 97.0°F — May 30, 1939 12.0°F — May 3, 1967 2.22 in — May 11, 1985
June 105.1°F — Jun 29, 1931 21.0°F — Jun 1, 1964 5.10 in — Jun 2, 2014
July 106.0°F — Jul 12, 1936 32.0°F — Jul 2, 1972 4.02 in — Jul 3, 1966
August 99.0°F — Aug 19, 1976 25.0°F — Aug 28, 1934 3.90 in — Aug 30, 1944
September 98.1°F — Sep 8, 1931 10.0°F — Sep 22, 1934 2.75 in — Sep 8, 2015
October 89.1°F — Oct 5, 1963 -11.9°F — Oct 26, 1936 2.72 in — Oct 31, 1979
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 1975 -33.0°F — Nov 29, 1985 1.77 in — Nov 10, 1977
December 59.0°F — Dec 6, 1939 -51.0°F — Dec 28, 1933 2.42 in — Dec 3, 2013

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