All-time weather records — Chatfield, MN

Record high
100.9°F
July 7, 2012
Record low
-45.0°F
February 1, 2019
Wettest day
7.30 in
July 11, 1981

Climate change signal in Chatfield

16.9%

of Chatfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (62 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1950s
51
31
1960s
53
101
1970s
26
79
1980s
62
69
1990s
37
30
2000s
38
18
2010s
52
19
2020s
47
19

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 1952, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1952-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.9°F — Jan 31, 2025 -44.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.76 in — Jan 20, 1988
February 70.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -45.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.30 in — Feb 24, 2007
March 82.9°F — Mar 29, 2025 -35.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.56 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 91.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 6, 1982 2.30 in — Apr 10, 2013
May 93.9°F — May 15, 2013 18.0°F — May 3, 2005 5.63 in — May 30, 1980
June 100.0°F — Jun 9, 1985 30.9°F — Jun 4, 1987 4.23 in — Jun 1, 2000
July 100.9°F — Jul 7, 2012 35.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 7.30 in — Jul 11, 1981
August 100.9°F — Aug 2, 1964 30.0°F — Aug 31, 1967 4.70 in — Aug 25, 1983
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2023 19.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 4.76 in — Sep 20, 1983
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1976 7.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 5.85 in — Oct 5, 2013
November 75.9°F — Nov 9, 1999 -18.9°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.00 in — Nov 1, 1991
December 63.0°F — Dec 3, 1982 -35.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.92 in — Dec 14, 2015

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