All-time weather records — Burlington, ND

Record high
107.1°F
August 7, 1949
Record low
-36.0°F
December 23, 1983
Wettest day
5.73 in
August 14, 1987

Climate change signal in Burlington

20.2%

of Burlington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (74 of 366 records since 2015).

7.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (28 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
11
14
1950s
34
94
1960s
39
72
1970s
29
31
1980s
60
38
1990s
42
36
2000s
56
39
2010s
52
24
2020s
43
18

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 61.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -34.1°F — Jan 18, 1950 0.94 in — Jan 14, 1952
February 66.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -34.1°F — Feb 1, 1996 0.75 in — Feb 22, 1961
March 79.0°F — Mar 30, 1966 -29.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.18 in — Mar 28, 1985
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 -5.1°F — Apr 2, 1975 3.89 in — Apr 27, 1984
May 99.0°F — May 11, 2025 17.1°F — May 2, 2002 2.69 in — May 28, 1953
June 105.1°F — Jun 4, 2021 32.0°F — Jun 12, 1969 3.75 in — Jun 17, 2010
July 105.1°F — Jul 17, 1977 39.0°F — Jul 10, 1951 3.89 in — Jul 6, 1971
August 107.1°F — Aug 7, 1949 32.0°F — Aug 20, 2004 5.73 in — Aug 14, 1987
September 106.0°F — Sep 4, 1978 21.0°F — Sep 26, 1965 3.14 in — Sep 4, 1971
October 93.9°F — Oct 4, 1963 0.0°F — Oct 31, 1991 1.89 in — Oct 18, 1994
November 79.0°F — Nov 7, 1999 -20.0°F — Nov 29, 1964 1.71 in — Nov 8, 1986
December 62.1°F — Dec 9, 2015 -36.0°F — Dec 23, 1983 1.11 in — Dec 17, 1967

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