All-time weather records — Cambridge, MN

Record high
109.0°F
July 14, 1936
Record low
-42.0°F
January 23, 1935
Wettest day
5.47 in
July 22, 1972

Climate change signal in Cambridge

15.3%

of Cambridge's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
17
51
1930s
82
50
1940s
40
42
1950s
22
43
1960s
37
39
1970s
16
43
1980s
36
36
1990s
28
40
2000s
19
10
2010s
22
11
2020s
47
1

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 53.1°F — Jan 10, 2012 -42.0°F — Jan 23, 1935 1.51 in — Jan 4, 1997
February 61.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -41.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.26 in — Feb 27, 1989
March 79.0°F — Mar 30, 1968 -33.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.54 in — Mar 15, 1945
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 0.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.76 in — Apr 27, 1975
May 107.1°F — May 31, 1934 18.0°F — May 3, 1967 3.20 in — May 20, 1953
June 104.0°F — Jun 1, 1934 32.0°F — Jun 1, 1993 4.05 in — Jun 12, 1984
July 109.0°F — Jul 14, 1936 21.0°F — Jul 14, 1995 5.47 in — Jul 22, 1972
August 102.0°F — Aug 4, 1947 32.0°F — Aug 29, 1893 4.32 in — Aug 18, 2022
September 98.1°F — Sep 5, 2023 19.0°F — Sep 28, 1893 4.84 in — Sep 22, 1968
October 90.0°F — Oct 5, 2025 8.1°F — Oct 27, 1976 5.20 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 75.0°F — Nov 3, 2022 -22.0°F — Nov 30, 1964 2.34 in — Nov 26, 1896
December 62.1°F — Dec 6, 1939 -41.1°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.99 in — Dec 27, 2023

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