All-time weather records — Bismarck, ND

Record high
100.0°F
July 20, 2012
Record low
-31.0°F
January 16, 2009
Wettest day
2.58 in
June 17, 2009

Climate change signal in Bismarck

44%

of Bismarck's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (161 of 366 records since 2015).

29.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (107 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 #
2000s
55
111
2010s
311
255
2020s
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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 2007, the latest in 2019. Period of observation: 2007-2021.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 59.0°F — Jan 6, 2012 -31.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 0.45 in — Jan 23, 2010
February 66.9°F — Feb 28, 2016 -26.0°F — Feb 8, 2019 0.33 in — Feb 9, 2009
March 80.1°F — Mar 17, 2012 -18.0°F — Mar 2, 2014 1.20 in — Mar 24, 2009
April 88.0°F — Apr 25, 2012 -0.9°F — Apr 6, 2018 2.29 in — Apr 25, 2016
May 90.0°F — May 26, 2018 23.0°F — May 1, 2013 1.65 in — May 25, 2009
June 96.1°F — Jun 10, 2017 33.1°F — Jun 1, 2012 2.58 in — Jun 17, 2009
July 100.0°F — Jul 20, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 2, 2014 2.06 in — Jul 3, 2018
August 100.0°F — Aug 16, 2015 42.1°F — Aug 24, 2015 2.18 in — Aug 1, 2010
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 2012 28.9°F — Sep 23, 2012 2.13 in — Sep 7, 2010
October 87.1°F — Oct 3, 2011 17.1°F — Oct 28, 2008 2.54 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 73.9°F — Nov 6, 2016 -9.9°F — Nov 25, 2010 1.43 in — Nov 6, 2008
December 61.0°F — Dec 10, 2015 -25.1°F — Dec 31, 2017 1.41 in — Dec 26, 2016

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