All-time weather records — Columbus, MT

Record high
109.0°F
July 21, 1931
Record low
-45.0°F
February 15, 1936
Wettest day
2.90 in
June 8, 1932

Climate change signal in Columbus

7.9%

of Columbus's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

12.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (47 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 #
1930s
89
49
1940s
38
55
1950s
37
49
1960s
32
38
1970s
12
27
1980s
47
38
1990s
41
18
2000s
35
34
2010s
15
32
2020s
20
26

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 1930, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 13, 1943 -38.0°F — Jan 13, 2024 0.80 in — Jan 7, 1962
February 79.0°F — Feb 27, 1932 -45.0°F — Feb 15, 1936 1.00 in — Feb 17, 1986
March 82.9°F — Mar 21, 2026 -33.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.28 in — Mar 14, 1942
April 90.0°F — Apr 29, 1939 -13.0°F — Apr 5, 1936 1.95 in — Apr 17, 1941
May 96.1°F — May 14, 1936 9.0°F — May 2, 1954 2.57 in — May 7, 1988
June 102.0°F — Jun 27, 1936 28.0°F — Jun 3, 1951 2.90 in — Jun 8, 1932
July 109.0°F — Jul 21, 1931 34.0°F — Jul 2, 1955 2.45 in — Jul 4, 1975
August 106.0°F — Aug 3, 1961 30.9°F — Aug 25, 1992 1.63 in — Aug 23, 2014
September 102.0°F — Sep 4, 1950 18.0°F — Sep 24, 2000 2.29 in — Sep 21, 2019
October 91.9°F — Oct 1, 1992 -14.1°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.73 in — Oct 31, 1974
November 79.0°F — Nov 3, 1930 -33.0°F — Nov 13, 1959 1.23 in — Nov 2, 1938
December 71.1°F — Dec 10, 1939 -42.0°F — Dec 24, 1983 0.71 in — Dec 2, 2013

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