All-time weather records — Columbia Heights, MN

Record high
109.9°F
July 13, 1995
Record low
-38.0°F
February 2, 1996
Wettest day
5.90 in
June 25, 2003

Climate change signal in Columbia Heights

25.4%

of Columbia Heights's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (93 of 366 records since 2015).

17.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (64 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 #
1990s
111
133
2000s
123
114
2010s
69
85
2020s
63
34

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 1992, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1991-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 53.1°F — Jan 8, 2003 -36.9°F — Jan 18, 1994 1.13 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 60.1°F — Feb 22, 2017 -38.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 1.22 in — Mar 1, 2012
March 81.0°F — Mar 26, 2007 -14.1°F — Mar 2, 2014 1.80 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 91.9°F — Apr 15, 2002 0.0°F — Apr 4, 1995 3.22 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 99.0°F — May 29, 2018 30.9°F — May 2, 2005 2.80 in — May 24, 2012
June 102.0°F — Jun 17, 1995 39.9°F — Jun 5, 2000 5.90 in — Jun 25, 2003
July 109.9°F — Jul 13, 1995 45.0°F — Jul 6, 2004 4.08 in — Jul 2, 1997
August 106.0°F — Aug 5, 2001 44.1°F — Aug 29, 2007 4.85 in — Aug 11, 2010
September 98.1°F — Sep 3, 2023 32.0°F — Sep 22, 1995 4.20 in — Sep 16, 1992
October 93.0°F — Oct 3, 1997 15.1°F — Oct 13, 1993 4.24 in — Oct 5, 2005
November 78.1°F — Nov 8, 1999 -5.1°F — Nov 26, 1996 1.75 in — Nov 12, 2015
December 66.9°F — Dec 1, 1998 -20.0°F — Dec 26, 1996 1.24 in — Dec 26, 2023

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