All-time weather records — Buchanan, ND

Record high
108.0°F
July 5, 1989
Record low
-36.9°F
December 23, 1983
Wettest day
6.35 in
July 15, 1993

Climate change signal in Buchanan

16.7%

of Buchanan's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (61 of 366 records since 2015).

6.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (23 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 #
1940s
6
15
1950s
51
95
1960s
52
69
1970s
32
58
1980s
78
34
1990s
42
25
2000s
27
30
2010s
32
26
2020s
46
14

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 5, 2012 -36.0°F — Jan 29, 1951 0.95 in — Jan 23, 1950
February 64.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -35.0°F — Feb 9, 1994 1.18 in — Feb 27, 1958
March 79.0°F — Mar 18, 2012 -24.0°F — Mar 2, 1952 1.80 in — Mar 27, 2004
April 97.0°F — Apr 30, 1992 -6.0°F — Apr 3, 1954 2.00 in — Apr 28, 2025
May 100.0°F — May 27, 1969 16.0°F — May 2, 1967 2.96 in — May 23, 2014
June 105.1°F — Jun 27, 1961 32.0°F — Jun 20, 1969 4.90 in — Jun 6, 1956
July 108.0°F — Jul 5, 1989 37.9°F — Jul 3, 1967 6.35 in — Jul 15, 1993
August 106.0°F — Aug 2, 1982 32.0°F — Aug 27, 1982 3.97 in — Aug 31, 1997
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1983 18.0°F — Sep 26, 1965 2.94 in — Sep 1, 1992
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 1992 -0.9°F — Oct 31, 1991 2.59 in — Oct 9, 1982
November 77.0°F — Nov 2, 1978 -27.8°F — Nov 27, 2014 1.56 in — Nov 2, 1956
December 63.0°F — Dec 1, 1969 -36.9°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.22 in — Dec 11, 1949

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