All-time weather records — Ekalaka, MT

Record high
108.0°F
July 5, 1936
Record low
-44.0°F
January 20, 1954
Wettest day
70.20 in
January 1, 1910

Climate change signal in Ekalaka

10.9%

of Ekalaka's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (40 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
·
9
1900s
29
29
1910s
45
44
1920s
37
23
1930s
34
38
1940s
23
31
1950s
26
44
1960s
21
34
1970s
16
25
1980s
31
22
1990s
36
24
2000s
18
16
2010s
26
13
2020s
24
14

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 1900, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1896-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 8, 1958 -44.0°F — Jan 20, 1954 70.20 in — Jan 1, 1910
February 66.0°F — Feb 21, 1982 -43.1°F — Feb 15, 1936 0.93 in — Mar 1, 2004
March 82.9°F — Mar 22, 1910 -32.1°F — Mar 3, 1960 1.23 in — Mar 18, 2003
April 90.0°F — Apr 30, 1926 -11.0°F — Apr 1, 1899 1.96 in — Apr 19, 2006
May 98.1°F — May 27, 1900 8.1°F — May 3, 1954 2.97 in — May 1, 2008
June 105.1°F — Jun 20, 1988 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1919 3.68 in — Jun 7, 1967
July 108.0°F — Jul 5, 1936 30.0°F — Jul 1, 1945 2.72 in — Jul 9, 2019
August 108.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 26.1°F — Aug 31, 1974 2.33 in — Aug 14, 1910
September 102.9°F — Sep 5, 1978 12.9°F — Sep 26, 1942 2.48 in — Sep 5, 1971
October 91.9°F — Oct 3, 1922 -15.0°F — Oct 30, 1991 2.51 in — Oct 2, 1971
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1909 -29.9°F — Nov 13, 1955 2.38 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 66.9°F — Dec 1, 2021 -43.1°F — Dec 21, 1989 0.55 in — Dec 29, 2005

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