All-time weather records — Detroit Lakes, MN

Record high
107.1°F
July 7, 1936
Record low
-53.0°F
February 9, 1899
Wettest day
5.40 in
August 11, 1909

Climate change signal in Detroit Lakes

7.9%

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

0.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (3 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
15
28
1900s
19
60
1910s
32
77
1920s
39
20
1930s
54
33
1940s
21
10
1950s
17
35
1960s
14
26
1970s
13
33
1980s
34
21
1990s
25
10
2000s
36
7
2010s
28
5
2020s
19
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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 1896, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.0°F — Jan 24, 1942 -51.0°F — Jan 12, 1912 2.25 in — Jan 26, 1912
February 59.0°F — Feb 27, 1958 -53.0°F — Feb 9, 1899 2.35 in — Feb 23, 1922
March 78.1°F — Mar 23, 1910 -40.0°F — Mar 4, 1917 1.48 in — Mar 23, 2011
April 98.1°F — Apr 21, 1980 -11.9°F — Apr 2, 1899 2.25 in — Apr 30, 1991
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1934 15.1°F — May 5, 1968 3.55 in — May 12, 2004
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 1921 28.0°F — Jun 1, 1917 4.25 in — Jun 21, 2013
July 107.1°F — Jul 7, 1936 33.1°F — Jul 1, 1969 4.50 in — Jul 21, 1909
August 100.9°F — Aug 16, 1988 30.9°F — Aug 23, 1908 5.40 in — Aug 11, 1909
September 100.0°F — Sep 10, 1931 15.1°F — Sep 29, 1899 3.30 in — Sep 4, 1913
October 91.0°F — Oct 11, 2015 -9.9°F — Oct 26, 1919 3.49 in — Oct 10, 1973
November 75.0°F — Nov 5, 1904 -32.1°F — Nov 30, 1905 1.43 in — Nov 11, 1919
December 60.1°F — Dec 7, 1939 -47.9°F — Dec 14, 1901 1.50 in — Dec 8, 2016

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