All-time weather records — Caledonia, MN

Record high
104.0°F
July 26, 1894
Record low
-36.9°F
January 15, 1963
Wettest day
8.10 in
August 28, 2018

Climate change signal in Caledonia

20.8%

of Caledonia's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (76 of 366 records since 2015).

2.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (10 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
48
45
1900s
24
42
1910s
25
21
1940s
·
·
1950s
2
4
1960s
21
107
1970s
25
52
1980s
60
31
1990s
30
32
2000s
32
19
2010s
44
10
2020s
55
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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 31, 2025 -36.9°F — Jan 15, 1963 1.56 in — Jan 29, 1914
February 68.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -35.0°F — Feb 3, 1996 1.83 in — Feb 19, 1971
March 82.0°F — Mar 29, 2025 -32.1°F — Mar 1, 1962 2.20 in — Mar 4, 1992
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 1.9°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.95 in — Apr 16, 1973
May 93.0°F — May 28, 2018 19.0°F — May 9, 1966 3.96 in — May 18, 2000
June 97.0°F — Jun 9, 1985 30.9°F — Jun 1, 1897 3.97 in — Jun 13, 1950
July 104.0°F — Jul 26, 1894 41.0°F — Jul 9, 1895 6.60 in — Jul 21, 1951
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 35.1°F — Aug 14, 1964 8.10 in — Aug 28, 2018
September 96.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 19.9°F — Sep 30, 1899 4.53 in — Sep 1, 2010
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1976 12.9°F — Oct 18, 1964 3.80 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 75.0°F — Nov 4, 1978 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 2.67 in — Nov 18, 1958
December 84.0°F — Dec 31, 1908 -29.0°F — Dec 13, 1903 3.66 in — Dec 12, 1899

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