All-time weather records — Carlton, MN

Record high
105.1°F
July 10, 1936
Record low
-45.0°F
January 7, 1912
Wettest day
8.44 in
September 6, 1990

Climate change signal in Carlton

10.7%

of Carlton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (39 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1910s
24
103
1920s
34
57
1930s
70
48
1940s
29
41
1950s
21
34
1960s
19
18
1970s
20
18
1980s
34
17
1990s
21
8
2000s
39
8
2010s
25
11
2020s
30
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 1911, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1911-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 52.0°F — Jan 23, 1942 -45.0°F — Jan 7, 1912 2.00 in — Jan 19, 1917
February 60.1°F — Feb 21, 1950 -41.1°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.24 in — Feb 10, 1965
March 80.1°F — Mar 26, 1947 -35.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.86 in — Mar 12, 1977
April 88.0°F — Apr 27, 1952 -7.1°F — Apr 3, 1954 2.40 in — Apr 23, 1960
May 93.9°F — May 30, 1939 3.0°F — May 8, 1941 3.36 in — May 10, 1979
June 98.1°F — Jun 29, 1931 24.1°F — Jun 4, 1945 7.75 in — Jun 20, 2012
July 105.1°F — Jul 10, 1936 30.0°F — Jul 25, 1915 3.58 in — Jul 26, 1951
August 98.1°F — Aug 5, 1947 26.1°F — Aug 27, 1915 5.62 in — Aug 23, 1978
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 19.0°F — Sep 22, 1974 8.44 in — Sep 6, 1990
October 86.0°F — Oct 2, 1922 0.0°F — Oct 23, 1936 3.09 in — Oct 4, 2005
November 80.1°F — Nov 16, 1951 -24.0°F — Nov 20, 1921 3.08 in — Nov 9, 1983
December 57.0°F — Dec 1, 1962 -36.9°F — Dec 28, 1917 2.02 in — Dec 1, 2019

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