All-time weather records — Elk River, ID

Record high
107.1°F
August 5, 1961
Record low
-36.9°F
December 30, 1968
Wettest day
11.28 in
May 2, 2022

Climate change signal in Elk River

3%

of Elk River's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1950s
79
76
1960s
74
84
1970s
56
93
1980s
59
48
1990s
40
30
2000s
32
29
2010s
23
4
2020s
3
2

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 2021. Period of observation: 1952-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 9, 1959 -31.0°F — Jan 1, 1979 4.91 in — Jan 17, 2011
February 63.0°F — Feb 21, 1977 -25.1°F — Feb 16, 1956 2.72 in — Feb 12, 2019
March 72.0°F — Mar 15, 1992 -23.1°F — Mar 5, 1955 3.73 in — Mar 17, 2003
April 87.1°F — Apr 28, 1987 10.9°F — Apr 1, 1975 3.65 in — Apr 22, 2013
May 95.0°F — May 31, 1986 19.0°F — May 13, 1958 11.28 in — May 2, 2022
June 102.9°F — Jun 29, 2015 27.0°F — Jun 8, 1999 3.75 in — Jun 14, 2022
July 104.0°F — Jul 11, 1975 19.9°F — Jul 4, 1984 2.02 in — Jul 1, 1997
August 107.1°F — Aug 5, 1961 27.0°F — Aug 24, 1992 2.26 in — Aug 20, 1954
September 100.0°F — Sep 2, 1976 19.9°F — Sep 28, 1985 1.36 in — Sep 1, 1984
October 88.0°F — Oct 1, 1957 3.9°F — Oct 30, 1971 2.52 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 66.0°F — Nov 5, 1980 -24.0°F — Nov 23, 1985 7.13 in — Nov 20, 2022
December 57.9°F — Dec 4, 1977 -36.9°F — Dec 30, 1968 5.59 in — Dec 31, 2021

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